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came upon the bird. My wife and I had wandered far back in a 

 boggy savanna after blueberries — the largest berries 1 think I have 

 ever seen — and growing weary of picking I took up the gun and 

 began poking along the edge of a dense clump of bushes. Pres- 

 ently a bird showed itself and on being shot proved to be a young 

 male Lincoln's Sparrow. This was on August 29, and a day or 

 two later I secured another young individual in the same locality. 

 Whether the birds breed in this region I am not prepared to say. 

 The two individuals secured, though evidently not long out of the 

 iiest, may have been migrants from farther North. 



The Red-eyed and Solitary Mreos were the only two species 

 of their kind that I found about Barrington. The Hudson ian 

 Chickadee was common everywhere through the spruce and fir 

 woods and the Black-capped Chickadee was also fairly abundant, 

 though far less so than the Hudsonian species. Golden-crowned 

 Kinglets were frequently heard all through the summer, and Red- 

 breasted Nuthatches were about as common. 



Among wood warblers the Black-throated Green, the Maryland 

 Yellow-throat, the Myrtle, and the Black and Yellow were by far 

 the most abundant; the Black and White Warbler and the Redstart 

 were not uncommon. The Chestnut-sided and the Yellow Palm 

 Warblers were also observed. The Oven-bird was oftener heard 

 than seen, and one Wilson's Black-capped Warbler was taken 

 toward the end of the summer. A pair of Nashville Warblers were 

 seen on the edge of an alder and tamarack swamp on the 27th of 

 July, and several others were heard at the same time ; one male was 

 secured. 



The Cliff Swallows had established colonies under the eaves of 

 a number of the barns in the village. On my first visit I noticed a 

 rather odd departure in the housekeeping habits of the Tree 

 Swallows. A pair of these birds had taken up their residence in a 

 deserted Cliff Swallow's mud house on the lintel over a cottage 

 door. Probably the Clifif Swallows found communal life more to 

 their liking and deserted the solitary dwelling to join some nearby 

 colony. 



Young Robins, just out of the nest and not yet able to fly, were 

 found on the 22nd of August, which struck me as rather a late 

 date for Robin fledglings. One cause of these delayed broods is- 



