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ill the western portion of the island. None wfie noted at Souris. altlioii>;li 

 I have no doubt lliey otrnr tliere. 



Sylvania pusilla. Wilson's WARnuiii. — One specimen was secured 

 at Tignish in an extensive arboi-vit;e and alder swanip. This is a retir- 

 ing species and is probably not uncommon if particular search be made 

 for it. 



Sylvania canadensis. Canadian Warhler. — Rather common about 

 Tignish, but not met with elsewhere, although I have no doubt it occurs 

 in suitable localities, 



Setophaga ruticilla. American Redstart. — Abundant. One of its 

 songs miglit be easily confused with one of D. maculosa. The impcrtance 

 of recognizing songs in a region where the denseness of the woods and 

 underbrush renders the sight or cajiture of the vocalist often well-nigii 

 impossible, is very great, but to depend entirely upon j)ne's ear in identi- 

 fying iiirds is a procedure greatly to be dejirecated. 



Troglodytes hiemalis. Winter Wren. — Tolerably common in damj) 

 woods along brooks, or sometimes in more open localities. On July G I 

 met with a family of young birds able to tly. That so minute a bin.! 

 should produce sucli a volume of liquid sound is ever to me a somce of 

 wonderment. It is often impossible to see the little fellow wlien he is 

 pouring forth his song light over your head, but those who have ever 

 entered a dense secoiui-growth of spiuces, with a wilderness of dead twigs 

 interlacing below, know one of the ditliculties that beset the path of the 

 collector in the northern woods. 



Sitta canadensis. Rkd-hellied Nuthatch. — I had about given up 

 seeing this species at all when \ came upon several at Souris, probaltlv a 

 family. They feed usually in the upjier boughs of spruces, and seldom 

 run up and down the trunks of trees like their white-bieasied brethren. 

 Thoy have a nasal cry of one note, uttered with varying intensity, and 

 never rapidly repeated like the other species. Of course I sliould not 

 venture such gen<M'aI conclusions as these with regard to this species, nor 

 to others, if they were not based upon further observations made else- 

 where. 



Parus atricapillus. Hlack-capped Chickadee. — Occasionally small 

 roving families were encountered, so that it is probably a fairly common 

 species. 



Parus hudsonicus. Hudsonian Chickadek. — Tolerably common, but 

 not attracting attention to itself so aggressively as does atricapillus. 

 However, when it does speak out, it alwa\s seems to me to make use of 

 the ungraininatical expression 'It's jn«5-e,' with a good deal of emphasis on 

 the *me-e.' 



Regulus satrapa. Goi.den-crowned Kinglet. — Infrequently ob- 

 served. Young were on the wing the last of June. It should have 

 proved much more abundant than I found it to be. 



Turdus ustulatus swainsonii. Olive-backku Thrl'sh. — Very abun- 

 dant, almost equalling in numbers the Hermit Thrush. They are usually 

 excessively shy and ditlicult to obtain, although several may be singing 



