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6 DwiGHT, Summer Birds of Prince Edward Island. [^"^ 



W;irl)lers and Maryland Yullovvtliioats, wliilc swampy alders 

 siiy<(est the pr()l)al)ility of liiiding Traill's I'lycatclicrs and Swamp 

 Sparrows. If a lirook passes through the alders, Water-thrushes 

 may he heard, Imt it is no easy matter to jjel even a glimpse of 

 them. 



'J'he birds of the fields are numerous, the Savanna Sparrow 

 probably fjutnumbering all tiie others put together. Vesper 

 Sparrows and Song Sparrows abound, wiiile the Robin and 

 Flicker are more frequently seen in the open than elsewhere. 

 Crows stalk about in every field, tliough their nests are in tlie 

 woods. Goldfinciies, Purple Finclies, Crossbills and Cedarbirds 

 are generally seen on the wing in the open country, and n}'ing 

 higher than the Swallows (13arn, IJank, anil White-bellied) which 

 most freciuently are noticed skimnnng along near tiie ground or 

 over the surface of a sheet of water. 



Long familiarity with the notes and habits of the birds of the 

 Marithne Provinces enabled me to accomplish much more than 

 if I had been a stranger to them, ;md even though my stav was 

 brief, I feel confident that those species that escaj^ed my attention 

 were either exceedingly rare or did not occur in the localities I 

 visited. All males were in full song, and feniales startletl from 

 their nests lost no time in begimiing to scold- I was in the field 

 from morning till night, unci my gun with its auxiliiary was a 

 trusty friend. Of a previous visit to the island in 1876 little 

 need be said, for the egg fever was on me at that lime and the 

 finding of .1 Junco's nest was sufficient to satisfy my ambition for 

 several days. 



VVhile in Charlotietown I examined a hundred or more birds 

 stufied by Prof. S. N. Earlc, but unfortunately they lacked data 

 and are tbeiefore of little use in the present comicction. J'^om 

 iiim, however, I obtained much interesting information. Some 

 notes upon the \s inter liirds of the island have been published by 

 ]\Ir. Bain (Auk, II, 18S5, pp. 262-267). 



I present here a list that embraces only the species tliat have 

 come under my own observation, but it includes most of the 1 irds 

 that make their sinnmer iiome (>n Prince Edward Island, the fauna 

 of which is thoroughly Canadi 



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Cepphus grylle. IJLACKGi'n.i.KMor. — The 'Sea Pigeons' iisetl t'> l)reed 

 in great miiiibeis in the cliffs at vaiioiis points along tlic coast. I have no 

 doubt th<it diey still do so in smaller niiinbers, although the only positive 



