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584. Swamp Sparrow. Common. Breeds. 



598. Indigo Bird. Occasional. 



61.3. Barn Swallow. Common in the village. 



614. White-bellied Swallow. Common in 

 the village. 



619. Cedar Bird. Abnndant. Breeds. 



624. Red-eyed Vireo. Common. Breeds. 



636. Black and White Creeper. Tolerably 

 common. 



645. Xashville Warbler. Common. Breeds. 

 Fresh eggs, July 5th. 



652. Summer Yellow Bird. Common. 



654. Black-throated Blue Warbler. Toler- 

 ably common. 



655. Yellow-rumpcd Warbler. Common. 

 657. Magnolia Warbler. Common. Breeds. 



With large young on July 7th. 



659. Chestnut-sided Warbler. Common. 



667. Black-throated Green Warbler. Tol- 

 erably common. 



674. Golden-crowned Thrush. Tolerably 

 common. Breeds. 



679. Mourning Warbler. Common. Breeds. 

 Nest with full-fledged young July 8th. 



681. Maryland Yellow-throat. Common. 

 Breeds. 



686. Canadian Flycatching Warbler. Tol- 

 erably common. 



687. American Redstart. Tolerably common. 



721. House Wren. Tolerably common. 



722. Winter Wren. Common. Breeds. 



727. White-bellied Nuthatch. Tolerably 

 common. 



728. Red-bellied Nuthatch. Tolerably com- 

 mon. 



735. Black-capped Chickadee. Abundant. 



748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Tolerably 

 common. 



75Sa. Olive-backed Thrush. Tolerably 

 common. Breeds. Fresh eggs July 4th. 



7596. Hermit Thrush. Tolerably common. 



761. Robin. C^ommon. 



760. Bluebird. Common. 



Alvan II. Alben/er. 



Ithaca, N.Y., March 10, 1890. 



Some Indian Names of the Birds of 

 Lake Superior Region. 



Just returning from a tramp to the Illicilli- 

 waet glacier in the Selkirk Mountains, I en- 

 tered the dining room of the Glacier House, 

 the only hotel at Glacier, B. C. In fact, this 

 hotel, the railroad station and the little houses 

 of the Chinese help of the hotel, are the only 

 buildings in the place. 



This entering of the dining room was pri- 

 marily induced by a desire to appease a hunger 

 whose existence was justified by the walk up 

 to the glacier and back; then, on principles, I 

 never miss a meal when I am at a hotel where 

 I am morally certain of being obliged to pay 

 whether I eat or not. It is policy to eat, and 

 eat heartily, under the pressure of a positively 

 unavoidable demand to settle your little 

 account of three dollars ])er day. Then, too, 

 it makes the landlord feel that you appreciate 

 the food, and where the table is well supplied, 

 you yourself may feel that you are getting 

 your money's worth. Besides, it prevents the 

 too rapid increase in the number of million- 

 aire landlords, and in this case tlie landlord 

 was a soulless corporation, the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway. Therefore, as my hunger 

 was like the food, that is, first-class, I did eat, 

 and found no difficulty, beyond a slight strain 

 before the giving way of a button brought 

 relief, in compassing the entire bill of faro. 

 Before me was a large vase of beautiful wild 

 flowers, almost all new to me, fresh from the 

 mountains. They were likewise in front of a 

 young lady, who had just about reached the 

 dessert when I began. As I did eat, and 

 was rapidly overhauling the young lady, I 

 made a mental summary of her, and as people 

 will, tried to determine her position in the 

 scale of humanity. I had not seen her with 

 anyone, we two were the sole and only board- 

 ers in the hotel — guests — I should say boarder- 

 guests. She was travelling alone. She was 

 slight, short in stature, almost delicate looking, 

 wore a blue dress, black curly hair and glasses. 

 A quiet, unobtrusive dignity, a modest un- 

 assuming appearance. She was talking to the 

 waiter — waitress more definitely. Her words 

 were precise, without any pedantic affectation, 

 and she spoke so sensibly and evinced such indi- 

 vidualistic traits of mind that I became more 

 than ordinarily interested. I had seen her in 

 the morning going out of the hotel as if she 

 was simply going to walk on the i)laiik plat- 

 form, and without giving much thought to it 

 had i>ut her down as a traveller doing the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, seeing what she 

 could from the car winilows and the piazzas of 

 the hotels, but not as one liable to go outside 

 of the beaten track of the tourists. Of the 

 schoolmarm species,I thought, perhaps a "blue- 

 stocking." Now what was I to think of her? I 

 soon made up my mind that my judgment 

 was at fault. What fier judgment of me was 

 I know not, but my appearance would have 

 justified her in calling the clerk to eject me. 



