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and paths tlirougli the woods, it was never seen perched on a 

 dry twig or overhanging branch, waiting for passing insects, as is 

 the favorite habit of most of the genus; it procured its food 

 ahnost entirely by diligently hunting in the thickest foliage, 

 rarely venturing a short distance in pursuit of its prey. The 

 note of this bird is also much softer than that of the other 

 Tyrannulie. 



Setophaga rnticella. More numerous than I have ever before 

 seen them. The young were hatched at Yarmouth before the 

 1st of July. 



Myiodioctes Canadensis. Particularly numerous at Yarraoutli 

 among the small ferns and bushes on the edges of swamps. 



* Sylvicola icterocephala. Only one pair seen. 



Sylvicola cestiva. Common at Yarmouth, though not so much 

 so as at Eastport. None were seen on any of the small islands. 



Sylvicola striata. Abundant in the alders. 



Sylvicola virens. This species was the most common warbler 

 observed. The males could be seen and beard in every direc- 

 tion ; the females were not so numerous, being probably engaged 

 in incubation or feeding their young brood. 



Trichas Marilandica. Common everywhere in suitable local- 

 ities. 



Mniotilta varia. Quite abundant. 



Pants atricapillits. Not so numerous as Avith us at the same 

 season. 



t Parus Hu.dsonicus. Quite a number of these little titmice 

 were seen on the Big Mud Island. A pair of old birds with 

 their young brood were seen near Yarmouth on the 3d of July. 

 Their habits seemed identical with those of the common species. 

 Though the young were fully fledged and could fly with ease, the 

 old ones were so solicitous for tlieir safety that I could almost 

 catch them in my hands. A nest was found near by that proba- 

 bly belonged to this family; it was built in a dead white-birch, in 

 the same warm manner that the common Chickadee builds with 

 us. The note resembles that of the common species, but is 

 shai'per and more filing, and can readily be imitated by the syl- 

 lables Tzee-dee -dee-dee uttered with the front teeth in juxtapo- 

 sition. 



Tiirdus migratorius. This bird, so preeminently domestic with 



