174 BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—DOWNS. 
223. Geothlypis trichas (Zi.) (681). Maryranp Yetiow- 
THROAT. 
Abundant summer resident, breeding in wet places. In habits 
it resembles the wren. 
Genus SYLVANIA Nuttall. 
994, Sylvania pusilla (Wils.) (685). Wuiztson’s WarBLER; 
*¢ Wiison’s Buack Cap ;” * BLACK-CAPPED YELLOW WARBLER.” 
Rare summer resident. 
Genus SETOPHAGA Swainson. 
995. Setophaga ruticilla (Zinn.) (687). American Repsrart. 
Abundant summer resident, arriving about the 10th of May. 
Loeally called “ Gold-finch.” My old friend, Charles Waterton, 
author of Wanderings in South America, writes, “I wonder where 
this little bird breeds?” He found it during the winter season 
in the forests of Demerara. It breeds in great numbers in Nova 
Scotia. 
Famity MOTACILLIDA. WaAcrTAILs. 
Genus ANTHUS Bechstein. 
Subgenus ANTHUS. 
996. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.) (697). AmeERiIcAN Pipit ; 
6 TITLARK.” 
Common migrant in fall only. It arrives on its way south 
about the 20th September, and only remains a week or ten days. 
I never have seen it alight on a bush. It runs about the bare 
pastures and perches on stone walls. 
Famity TROGLODYTID. Wrens, THRASHERS, ETC. 
Subfamily Miminaz.  Thrashes. 
Genus GALEOSCOPTES Cabanis. 
227. Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Zinn.) (704). Carsirp. 
Rather common. Summer resident. It does not arrive until 
the summer is well advanced. Breeds in alder swamps. Locally 
called “ Mocking-bird.” 
