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< HAITI:!: \\ 



i s t |, Tlii> in., rnii,. ip early and ..lit 



Hid strolled through till' lillsh s.,1111, 

 ; I folllld a milllKer of common 



llaml l.ir-ls i i DM aero- .f th-- 



i l.ird an- 1 fi liiiilt in a poplar: tin- n.--t 



M ami ^nuss, lined with 

 te-coloored -potted with lark purpl'-- 

 \ u Tin- r.-.|ar 1'ird is a lat- \>r>-> !). s.-lil.uu havinvf 



p| !' .lull--. lY.->h i-^-. "tt.-n \-\HX t'ollinl as late as 

 tin- s.-n. ml \\.-.k in August. This l.inl ha.s l-.-n <.l,tain.-il in 

 _';iiul. I saw s.-v.-ral ^n-at nurtln-ni shrik.-^ ('ana-la j 

 low larks. lM)lMlinks. clay-mi. nuvl sparrows, warl.li-rs. and 

 -th.-r small l-inls. I .lid mt find a n \\ . -r '.s Mackl.ii'ds 



in tin- N.irth-NVrst. n.-ith.-r !> I rrc..llrct he l.ird, l.ut 



i-iisty Crackles and 1-r- ui/i-d ^rackh-s. n-d-win^.-d and y-ll'>\\- 

 i.-d l.lackl'ii'ds ar- plt-ntit'iil t-vn-ywlu-rr in tin- l>lut!s and 

 ar-nind the sl-m^hs. Tln-y all ^o under tin- naim- of li]ackliird>. 

 and slian- in c-iiini-ni tin- cur-.-s of tin- >.-ttl<-i's. on accouir 

 th- damage they do in the ha; V.-M field. 



The ('anada jay or whi^k.-y jack is not a rare l.ird in Mani- 



l.ut it- i,.-t Mid l-lom obtained. They 1,| 



in the Mutl's and in taniarac and willow swamps and the I 

 i visit the t'arnis. and an- well known to the x,-ttl. 



isiially 1'uilt in spruce or taniarac ti- - v and ina<i< 



irk and grasses, and the four or ti\-- .-^s at- ^i.-yisli- 

 yellow. finely mark.-d with sj.^ts of l.rown -r s|at- colour, and 

 they a\era-re in *.\/,- I.L'OV 



Another well-known liird whose eggs are seldom obtained is 



paitrid^.-. They 1'i-eed . ,n Turtle 



Mountain and in tin- Hiding and 1 >uck Mountains, and in 

 ern Manitolia. aloii^ the Winnij..-^ river. Further ea>t tln-y 

 the northern sh,, '. .ke Superior, and on the 



