22 TowNSEND, Summer Birch of the St. John Valley, N. B. [j-JJ^" 



the fresh and salt water marshes of the maritune Provinces of Canada." 

 These marshes where I found it were made up entirelj^ of fresh water 

 vegetation including arrow heads and white pond lilies, although the im- 

 pulse of the tides is felt there. The curious song of this bird, which re- 

 sembles closely the hiss of hot iron in water followed usually by two short 

 low notes, was heard on every hand in these meadows during my visit 

 there from July 21 to August 4. Occasionally a bird would indulge in a 

 flight song, uttering short notes as he flew up, followed by rapid repetitions 

 of his simple song during the descent to the grass where he continued to 

 sing. One repeated his song in the grass ten times in a minute. A female 

 that was taken contained eggs, evidently of the second brood, for full 

 grown young were common. These were in the juvenal dress which 

 resembles in general coloration that of the juvenal Bobolink, although of 

 course the finches are much smaller. A juvenal specimen obtained was 

 easily distinguished from the juvenal caudacutus. In the latter the 

 markings on the sides of the chest are distinct, in the former indistinct 

 and few. 



45. Zonotrichia albicoUis. White-throated Sparrow. — Abun- 

 dant and in full song. At Glenwood on July 15 when the sun set at 7.49 

 these birds sang imtil 9 p. m. when it was too dark to see to read. 



46. Spizella passerina passerina. Chipping Sparrow. — Abundant. 



47. Junco hyemalis hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. — Abun- 

 dant. 



48. Melospiza melodia melodia. Song Sparrow. — Abundant. 



49. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow. — Conmion at Hamp- 

 ton and Wick ham. 



50. Progne subis subis. Purple Martin. — Fifteen or twenty 

 pairs were nesting in the iron framework of the bridge at Hampton over 

 the Kennebecasis River. Enghsh SpaiTows were . constantly fighting 

 with them. At Brown's flat I noticed several Martin houses inhabited 

 only by English Sparrows, and was told that the Martins had been en- 

 tirely driven out by these pests. At Evandale were several small houses 

 inhabited by Martins; no English Sjiarrows were to be seen. At Frederic- 

 ton and at Wic'kham Martins were frequently seen. 



51. Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — Abun- 

 dant. At Glenwood I counted sixty-five nests on one barn and shed. 



52. Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. — Common. 



53. Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Sw.\llow. — Common. 



54. Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. — A few seen. 



55. Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar W.\xwing. — Common. 



56. Vireosylva olivacea. Red-eyed ^'IREo. — Abundant. 



57. Lanivireo solitarius solitarius I^^ue-headed ^' ireo.— Com- 

 mon. 



58. Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. — Common. 



59. Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapllla. Nashville Warbler,— 

 Abundant, in full song. 



