. This lamily contains a large number ee, ;imon^ tin-in 



being some of our brightest colored and most Interesting bird thou_-h 



tin-in ;n-.' ivmarkaMr ;is songsters. 'I'ln-y are :dl -ntj|v|y in rt ivoTOUS, m. 

 s,-,|iirnt ly of x'lva! \ ;i I u- I'n >m ;i n <<< >ni >mir p. ,i nt of view. Thiit\ One 8p 

 known to occiii- in t his IVovincr | of tilB6 five ET6 BO Wl ' MI id--i ! . 



dental visitor-.. They an- tin- Prof In >n >t a ry . I In- Golden- Winged ;in<i Ifno<i>-d 

 \\';irllrrs, tin- Louisiana \\';it IT Thrush. ;in<| bneYellow-bretttecl < hat. Probably 

 when tln-y do occur, they remain and hived li-iv. Tin- < 'ape May, < )|-;in-. CTOWDed, 

 Tennessee. Cerulean, and Connecticut arc regular l.ut uncoum, 

 these the Cerulean is known to hived in BOme localities in -. Hit In-rn Ontario, l)iit it 

 is not generally distriluited. 



The Parula. lilack-throated, Blue, Myrtle, Magnolia, l>lackhuniian, Bay- 

 l.reasteil. Black poll, Palm and Wilson's Warblersall pass on to tin- north \ 

 nesting. Just how far they go is difficult to say, but in all |u-ol.;il>ility the major- 

 ity of them at any rate will be found breeding in the unsettled districts . ,f V 

 koka, Algoma, etc., and some even south of that. 



The Black and white, Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Pine, I; 

 Black-throated green, Oven bird, Water Thrush, Mourning, Maryland, ami ( 'ana 

 dian Warblers, are generally distributed and breed with us in suitable localities 

 and in varying numbers each season, the most familiar of them all being the 

 Yellow Warbler which habitually raises its } oung in and about our orchards and 

 shrubberies. All through the summer they are actively engaged in exterminating 

 the hosts of our smaller insect enemies, and many thousands of broods of cater- 

 pillars are destroyed by them before they have become large enough to do mis- 

 chief. 



Flycatchers. These birds, as their name implies, subsist largely upon winged 

 insects, which they capture by darting upon them from some elevated post over- 

 looking an open space frequented by their prey. We have eight species, of which 

 the Crested Flycatcher, the King bird, the Phoebe bird, the Wood Peewee and the 

 Least Flycatcher are summer residents, and the Olive-sided, Yellow-bellied, and 

 Traill's Flycatcher are transient visitors, passing through in their spring and fall 

 migrations. 



The King bird is probably the most obtrusive creature of the whole feather, d 

 tribe in Canada. As soon as a pair take possession of a tree in an orchard they 

 immediately proclaim the fact to the neighborhood, and then trouble befalls every- 

 thing wearing feathers that ventures to trespass on what they are pleased to con- 

 sider their domain. Crows, Hawks, Jays, and Blackbirds are their especial detes- 

 tation, and should one of these birds appear near their tree an attack by the King 

 birds immediately follows, the assault being kept up until the intruder is igno- 

 miniously driven off, having lost a few feathers in the encounter, the loss serving 

 to remind him that other people have rights which he is bound to respect. The 

 King bird captures a vast number of mature insects, both in the air and on the 

 ground, and as at least half these insects would produce eggs to beconn cater- 

 pillars the service rendered is very great. In the early spring, when driven by 

 hunger, the King bird will eat the berries of the sumach, but as the clusters of 

 these berries form a favorite hibernating place for many beetles, it is quite j>< 

 Me that the insects form the attraction and not the fruit. This is the only \ 

 table substance I have ever known the bird to touch. I have heard complaints 

 from bee-keepers that these birds will destroy bees. It is just possible that tl 

 will occasionally take them, but I have seen no evidence that they have acquired 

 the habit. In case the King birds should be seen frequenting the \ icinity of 



