42 BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. 



wanderer here, passing us in numbers during mi- 

 gration in spring and fall, but rarely stopping for 

 its summer nestings in our groves. Its nest is 

 in the lofty trees, and it is a bird of the groves, 

 not of the sunny fields. In the leafy home of 

 the Warbler and the mellow- tongued Thrush we 

 are surprised to hear in mid -summer a loud twit- 

 tered song, exactly like Junco's, and up in the 

 highest arch of the rustling foliage our homely 

 songster wooes his mate. 



The Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca) is the 

 largest of the Sparrows, and of a rich rusty - red 

 color. He comes, while the April snows fill the 

 wood - land, with a loud, musical song that startles 

 the echoes of the lifeless scene. 



The Sharp -tailed Sparrow and Sea -side Spar- 

 row ( Ainmodramus maritiinus) are not common 

 birds. The former is reported from Cascumpeque, 

 and I have seen the latter sporting through the 

 meadows on the border of the great Tracadie 

 marshes. It is a blythe fleet - winged bird that 

 loves to breast the rude sea-breezes and sport 

 its bright, yellow - trimmed dress where the fields 

 of purple irises blow. 



The Black -throated Bunting (Spiza Americana) 



