12 DWKJHT, S/i turner Birds of Prince Edward hlaud. f')"'' 



is sometimes heard breaking tlie stillness of the night, and only those wiio 

 iiave passed a nigiit in the northern woods can know liow profound tiiis 

 stilhiess mav he. The song has given to the bird manv hjcal names 

 wherever it occurs, one of the best known being 'Kennedy Bird.' 1 iieard 

 a new \ersion wiiich credit> him with saying 'Good Lord, pity me, pit-v 

 me. pity me.' Wiien the young get on the wing, the song is less fre- 

 quently heard. The bird is known to the few French settlers of the island 

 as rosaifftiol (nightingale). 



Spizella sociali s. CHirriNt; Sparrow. — Not a common species, and 

 f)nlv occasioiiiilly observed. 



Junco hyemalis. Slatk-coi.orku Jl.nco. — Next to the Savanna Spar- 

 row this is probably the most abundant bird on the island. It is found 

 everywhere, — in dooryards, open fields, fern-clothed clearings, even deep 

 wood:.. Its nest is on the ground, preferably under something — the 

 bottom rail of a fence or a hole in some grassy bank. Young were just 

 beginning to llv June 23, and a week later nests with fresh eggs indicateil 

 a second laying. Its local name is 'Bluebird,' a strange misnomer, even 

 though Sidlia sinlis tloes not occur. 



Melospiza fasciata. So.ng Sparrow. — \ ory abundant aiui generally 

 distributed. Mr Bain states that some winter on the island. 



Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow . — Rather conuiion in very 

 wet, bushy meadows, with alders here and there, or in open swamps of 

 limited area, such as occur along brooks in cleared country. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — A common bird, locally 

 distributed, and nesting in colonies nndei" the caves <jf barns and houses. 



Chelidon erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. — Abundant and generally 

 distributed. 



Tachycineta bicolor. WiiiTE-nrcLLiEi) Swallow. — Fairly abundant, 

 nesting in old Woodpecker holes in clearings, crevices about barns, and 

 the hollow ends of the raiis composing the zigzag fences so common on 

 the island. The sudden disappearance of a Swallow as it alighted on a 

 fence was almost startling until I learned that in some deep hollow, de- 

 cayed out of the heart of an unsplit rail, was a cosy nest of grass and 

 feathers. It was impossible to dislodge the birds that were sometimes out 

 of arm's reach, but several nests examined the last week in June contained 

 voung. I have never found this species nesting in such a location before. 



Clivicola riparia. Bank Swallow. — I perhaps do this species an in- 

 justice when I say that it is outnumbered by the Savanna Sparrow and 

 the Junco. I saw colonies of hundreds at several points along the coast, 

 and as every blulT is crowned by a lavcr of sand, ;.nd much of the coast 

 line is a continuous blutV, the Swallows have unrivalled opportunities 

 for nesting places. 



Ampelis cedrorum. CHnARruRD. — Seen now and again, but not com- 

 mon. There is a remarkable similarity between a lisp of this species, a 

 certain note of the Robin, and one of the Hermit Th'ush. 



Vireo olivaceus. Rkd-eykd Vireo. — A common and in a few localities 

 an abundant bird, here as elsewhere a tireless songster. It prefers decid- 

 uous trees, particularly lar^e maples. * 



