42 BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. 



wanderer here, i)assing us in nunii-ers during mi- 

 gration in spring and fall, but rarely stopping for 

 its summer nestings in our groves. Its nest is 

 in the lofty trees, and it is a bird of the groves, 

 not of the sunny fields. In the leafy home of 

 the Warbler and the mellow- tongued Thrush we 

 are surprised to heift* in mid -summer a loud twit- 

 tered song, exacth' like J unco's, and up in the 

 highest arch of the rustling foliage our homely 

 songster wooes his mate. 



The Fox Sparrow (Passo'cUa iliaca) is the 

 largest of the Sparrows, and of a rich rusty - red 

 color. He comes, while the A[)ril snows fill the 

 wood -land, with a hnid, musical song that startles 

 the echoes of the lifeless scene. 



The Sharp -tailed Sparrow and Sea -side Spar- 

 row ( Annnodraiiius maritimus) are not common 

 birds. The former is reported from Cascumpeque, 

 and I have seen the latter si)orting through the 

 meadows on the border of the great Tracadie 

 marshes. It is a blvthe fleet - winded bird that 

 loves to breast the rude sea - breezes and sport 

 its bright, yellow- trimmed dress where the fields 

 of purple irises blow. 



The Black -throated Bunting (Spiza Anierica7ia) 



