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meadow crumbs in their leisurely journey to the South, 

 and we should avail ourselves of the opportunities to 

 make their acquaintance. 



Prominent among the list of these rare visitors is the 

 fox- sparrow, which may now be seen in flocks in the 

 woods, in size suggesting a thrush, but whose stouter 

 bill and foxy dress and compact build will readily iden- 

 tify him. Then there is quite a brood of tiny warblers 

 which are now passing our way, either as the pioneers 

 of those coming flocks, or loiterers of flocks already 

 gone. The autumnal -streaked warbler, with its jetty 

 head and white cheek and gray and black streaked back 

 and breast (Dendroica striata], is a common straggler in 

 our November woods ; also the yellow-rumped warbler, 

 with yellow crown, black cheek, and broad black stripe 

 on the breast under the wing (D. coronatd]. The Cape 

 May warbler is considered the rarest of these flying 

 callers (D. tigrind]. Its throat and breast are of a bright 

 yellow, streaked with black. A yellow line over the 

 eye and the tan-colored cheek, with melting tinge of the 

 same color around the back of the head and upon the 

 throat, will help to identify the species. Then there are 

 yellow redpoll and black and yellow warblers, whose 

 distinguishing features are well indicated in their names, 

 though the latter has lost some of its black in its au- 

 tumn plumage. 



Among the most constant of these autumn birds is 

 the snow-bird, with its black head and ashen-gray body. 

 He has only just arrived with us, but inasmuch as he 

 will abide with us all winter he is not properly one of 

 my " November birds." The most conspicuous of all 

 these November comers is the white bunting, or white 

 snow-bird, which arrives with the first flying snow-flakes, 



