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The Yellow Red -poll (Dendrmca palmariim) 

 and the Pine -creeping Warbler (Dendrmca pinus) 

 are early arrivals also. They are rare birds here, 

 however. We see the yellow -plumed Pine -creeper 

 very rarely in early spring, as it goes north to 

 nest. We have only observed the Yellow Red- 

 poll in the autumn on the barrens of Prince 

 County. 



With the first days of June the Warblers 

 arrive in force. The bursting leaf then spreads 

 its tender greenness, and summer's sunny glory 

 rests on the wood -land which for two or three 

 short months is to be their glad home. The 

 Black -and -White Creeper (Mniotilta varia) runs 

 over the trunks of trees, searching its food like 

 a true "Creeper," uttering the most tenderly whis- 

 pered little ditty of a song. Its color is described 

 by its name, being streaked black and white. It 

 nests with us, and, strangely enough for a persist- 

 ent tree-chmber, places its nest on the ground. 



The Blue Yellow -back sometimes is here early 

 in May. The Bay - breasted and Black - poll 

 Warblers are not common, a few being seen pass- 

 ing north to nest. 



The Yellow, or Summer Warbler (Dendroeca 



