BOSTON 
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
VOLUME VI. — NO. III. 
Arr. L — 4 few Ornithological Facts, gathered in a hasty 
Trip through portions of New Brunswick and Nova 
Scotia, in June, 1850. By T. M. Brewer, M. D. 
Iv the earlier part of the summer of 1850, I spent a 
few weeks in portions of the Provinces of New Brunswick 
and Nova Scotia. My object was to observe, as far as it 
was practicable in so short and hasty a visit, the habits of 
some of the species of birds which breed to the north of us. 
In this I was successful, even beyond my expectations. At 
the same time some facts of interest, connected with the 
habits and distribution of a few species of birds, came to my 
notice, some confirmatory, others in contradiction of the testi- 
mony of writers upon the subject. I have been urged to 
embody these observations in a communication to this So- 
ciety, and have endeavored to do so in as brief and connected 
a manner as circumstances permitted. ‘The subjects of these 
desultory notices are not given in any natural order, but as 
they were brought to my notice. | 
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JOURNAL B. S. N. H. APRIL, 1852. 
