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Zonotrichia Pennsylvanica. On arriving at Manan, we were 

 at first much puzzled by a note that we had never heard before ; 

 the bird that made it was always perched on the top of some 

 small tree or bush, and before being approached sufficiently near 

 to identify it, would drop into the bushes beneath. On watch- 

 ing the spot and shooting the bird, that we supposed had made 

 the note, it proved to be a White-throated Sparrow ; but the 

 note was so different from the soft warble made by that bird 

 with us in spring, that for some time we supposed that we had 

 shot the wrong bird. This note can readily be imitated by pro- 

 nouncing the syllables Pee-pee-pee-peehody-peebody, rather slowly 

 and in the same key. Few were seen in the neighborhood of 

 houses, but wherever the woods were thin, with an undergrowth 

 of bushes, or in bushy pastures, they were quite numerous. 



StrutMo nivalis. This common and neat-looking sparrow, as 

 Dr. Brewer observes, takes the place occupied by the Emberizella 

 socialis with us, and is, if any thing, more confiding and domestic 

 in its habits. The young were universally hatched by the 25th 

 of June. The note is almost exactly similar to that of the Chip- 

 ping Sparrow. 



Oarduelis tristis. Not common. 



Erythrospiza purpurea. Not more numerous than in Massa- 

 chusetts during the breeding season. 



Quiscalus versicolor. A few seen. 



* Gorvus corax. One pair seen. 



Gorvus Americanus. Very common ; more so at Manan than 

 at Yarmouth. 



Garridus cristatus. Common. 



t Garridus Ganadensis. At Yarmouth, we saw more of this 

 species than of the common Blue-jay. The name generally given 

 it by the inhabitants is Cat-bird. The bird called Cat-bird with 

 us, Mimus felivox, we did not see either at Manan or at Yarmouth. 

 Some others of our common birds that were not seen by us were 

 Mimus rufus, Tardus Wilsonii, Sialia Wilsonii, Dolychonyx ory- 

 zivora, Fringilla graminea, Pipillo erythrophthalmus, Sturnella 

 ludoviciana, Molothrus pecoris, Sterna argentea. 



Bomhycilla GaroUnensis, Not common. 



Picus puhescens. Several seen. 



* Picus arcticus. One pair seen at Manan. 



