f'i Bird-Life in Lahradon 



ever saw." I uive the above simply for what it is worth, wftri- 

 out coninient. I ottered a small fortune, in the eves of the 

 Lahradoriaii, for a i>est and eggs, or siniplv a nest, l>ul could 

 not obtain them a»the season was too far advanced. In some 

 loeah'ties I have counted pipits by the dozen, walking about or 

 feeding with apparent unconcern within as many yards of my 

 very feet. The pipit breeds abundantly all along the Labra<lor 

 coast, but seldom occurs in Sun}mei far south of th>L' Canada line.. 



GREEN BLACK CAPPED FLYCATCHING 

 WARBLER 



Wilsonia pvsUla. — ( WiLs.) Rp, 



1 ha:ve described, rather briefly, the habits of two of the na- 

 tive warblers of li^abrador, Avhich eke out a miserable existence 

 in this barren land, and, as *' misery loves company," as the 

 old adage tells us, we will now try to do justice to the company^ 

 in the shape of the third and last of the family. It is on that 

 same trip " up the river " in which we discovered the yellow- 

 rumj)and the black-poll that, most unexpectedly, a sleek little 

 fellow, in a yellow dress, saving a black cap, appeared upon the 

 top twig of a small tree, close by the river's side, and caroled 

 forth a note of welcome, such as we had repeatedly heard while 

 descending the stream in our boat, though we had not before 

 seen the author thereof. Now he steps plainly out u}>on the 

 branch and utters his carol and immediately, without doubt 

 being pressed with hunger after his eftusive eloquence, disap- 

 pears behind the boughs and begins a most active search among 

 the top twigs for some favorite morsel with which to satisfy his 

 appetite. I am strongly of the opinion that tliis little fellow 

 uttered several well-marked notes upon the occasion of this hunt, 

 probably to express his disgust at not finding what he want- 

 ed ; yet the notes might have proceeded from some other 

 member of the bird tribe, whose patience had been sorely 

 tried about something which he did not care to talk much of 

 in such a public place. At any rate, our little black-capped 



