Vol 'wi9 XVI ] Mousley, Birds of Hatleij, Quebec. 479 



were somewhat numerous. On the evening of the twentieth a 

 Catbird was heard "mewing" at 8.45 p.m., this being one of the 

 very few birds observed, the other records being earlier in the season 

 and near Ayers Cliff, where the bird is more usually found than 

 around Hatley. I did not locate a single nest. 



Perhaps it may not be out of place to here mention that the fol- 

 lowing birds have been more than usually numerous, viz.: Chicka- 

 dees, Goldfinches, Baltimore Orioles, Kingbirds, Purple Finches, 

 and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, while Red-breasted Nut- 

 hatches have been entirely absent, my last record going as far back 

 as October 3, 1917, since which time up to the present date of 

 writing (July 28) I have not seen a single example. Its habits 

 here certainly seem comparable to those of the Crossbills, eccen- 

 tric, erratic, irregularly sporadic, as the late Mr. Ora W. Knight 

 says of the latter birds in his ' Birds of Maine.' 



On the twenty-eighth a young Sparrow Hawk was shown to me 

 in the flesh, which had been shot a day or two before, and the 

 party obtaining it said there were several more, evidently a family 

 party. This evidence further corroborates that of Mr. Greer, who 

 saw the parent birds with young near Waterville last year. The 

 month of August opened auspiciously, for on the first I came across 

 the Olive-sided Flycatcher again, on the outskirts of the same wood 

 where I had previously located it in June, only rather more than 

 a mile to the north of the former spot. I had visited this place 

 purposely, as I was anxious to see whether my House Wrens of 

 August 6, 1917, would return this fall. I did not come across them 

 on this occasion, but three days later or on the fourth I located two 

 of them in almost the identical spot as last year, and also saw the 

 Olive-sided Flycatcher again. The day previously I saw a Prairie 

 Horned Lark, this being the latest date so far that I had noticed 

 the bird in the fall, but later on another example was seen by my 

 son on October the twelfth, he being well acquainted with the bird. 



On the tenth I again visited the Wren locality, and had the very 

 great and unexpected pleasure of finding their nest, with four fully 

 fledged young. The site, which was a quarter of a mile or so away 

 from any house, was on the outskirts of the wood already referred to, 

 and the nest was located some eighteen inches down from the top 

 of a small hollow cedar stump, which stood four feet, six inches 



