PREFACE. Vll 



that spend the Bummor in the more southern groveH are found 

 nowhere else, while others Hpend tlie suninior at the north, and are 

 seen in Southern Ontario during the migrations only ; otIiurH again 

 are distributed over the entire area, and a few — the fox sparrow, 

 for example — occur in numbers in the Maritime Provinces, but are 

 very rare in Ontario, even during the migrations. 



No attemi)t has been made to arrange in systematic order the 

 species menticmed, and those who desire to study classihcation and 

 other technical branches of ornithology must be referred to the 

 numerous good books already published. 



The illustrations, with a few exceptions, are from drawings made 

 by my friend, Ernest E. Thompson, of Toronto. 



M. C. 



