1 04 Chamberlain on Birds of New Br7ins-jcick. 



of space. The long, thin wings, firmly set, cleave the air like 

 knife-blades and the forked tail, spread to its fullest, is inclined 

 to one side or the other as the bird changes its swift course. 

 When it turns, the snowy head and breast are contrasted against 

 the green background and its steel blue back glances in the sun- 

 light. Finally rising to a level with the tree-tops it is gone as it 

 came, like a beautiful vision. 



But my space is exhausted, although many interesting birds 

 remain to be mentioned. Perhaps at some future time I may 

 take up the threads where this sketch leaves them. 



NOTES ON SOME OF THE RARER BIRDS OF 

 SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK. 



BV MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 



1. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — About the middle of March, 1877, Mr. 

 Harold Gilbert saw one at Mount Pleasant, a suburb of St. John. Some 

 time early in June, 1879, ^'^'^- J- W. Banks saw one at Milledgeville, with 

 food in its mouth, apparently for its young. On April 26, 1S81, Mr. Henry 

 Gilbert shot one at Rothesay, nine miles north of St. John. 



2. Dendrceca pennsylvanica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



3. Dendrceca castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. 



4. DendrcEca blackburnae. Blackburn's Warbler. — These three 

 species are but rarely found here. In my note-book is a record of one of 

 each taken during the summer of 1881, and I can learn of none others 

 having been seen or heard. 



5. Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — Mr. Harold Gilbert 

 shot one specimen of this bird at South Bay. a few miles northwest from 

 St. John, on May 24, 1S77, and this is the only known instance of its 

 occurrence in this vicinity. 



6. Pyranga rubra. Scarlet Tanager. — I saw an adult male of this 

 species sitting on a fence in the suburbs of St. John on June 20, 1S79, and 

 have examined two specimens taken near Hampton during the summer of 

 1880. 



7. Ammodromus caudacutus. Sharp-tailed Finch. — On June 21, 

 1881, five individuals of this species were taken by Mr. H. A. Purdie, 

 Mr. Fred. W. Daniel and myself, on a marsh near Hampton. This marsh 

 is watered by the Kenebecasis, a tributary of the St. John, and lies some 

 twenty-five miles up the former river. The junction of the two rivers 



