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The Yellow Red-|)oll ( Doidnvca palniani)n ) 

 and the Pine -creeping Warbler ( Deudnrca pinus) 

 are early arrivals also. I'hey are rare birds here, 

 however. We see the yellow- })lumed Pine -creeper 

 very rarely in early spring, as it goes north to 

 nest. We have only observed the Yellow Red- 

 poll in the autumn on the barrens of Prince 

 County. 



With the first days of June the Warblers 

 arrive in force. The bursting leaf then s[)reads 

 its tender greenness, and summer's sunny glory 

 rests on the wood -land which for two or three 

 short months is to be their glad honie. The 

 Black - and - White Cree[)er ( Muiotilta 7'ana) runs 

 over the trunks of trees, searching its food like 

 a true " Creeper," uttering the most tenderl)- whis- 

 pered little ditty of a song. Its color is described 

 by its name, being streaked black and white. It 

 nests with us, and, strangely enough for a persist- 

 ent tree -climber, places its nest on the ground. 



The Blue Yellow -back sometimes is here early 

 in May. The Bay - breasted and Black - poll 

 Warblers are not common, a few being seen pass- 

 ing north to nest. 



The Yellow, or Summer Warbler (Dendreeca 



