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with bracken and black stumps. The Indigo Bunting' is 

 sparingly found, the Goldfinch commonly. In the alders 

 along the Inlet, the creek near by, may at times be heard the 

 queer saw-filing of the Saw-whet Owl. 



From the low woods, with the fine large white and black 

 spruces (Picea canadensis and niariaiia) we now turn to 

 higher ground, toward the lakes among the hills. Along the 

 road are found families of Slate-colored Juncos {J unco hye- 

 malis), the streaked young nearly full grown. However, 

 here and there a male darts out from some well-concealed 

 little pocket in the bank along the road, and on looking there 

 we find nests containing four fresh eggs, evidently the sec- 

 ond laying. Their nests would rarely be found, so well hid- 

 den are they, if the birds would not betray their location by 

 flying out. In the higher woods, usually near a little gurg- 

 ling brook, a loud cha may be heard, anxiously repeated, and 

 then the song: " Take care," plaintively uttered. This is the 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in its typical haunts, viz. mixed 

 woods full of old tops of trees all moss and lichen covered. 

 A female RutTed Grouse (Bonasa umbellits) with her family 

 of young is surprised, and at once raises a great disturbance, 

 fluttering at our feet, clucking and gurgling in the most 

 startling manner. They are common here. 



At Gull Lake the Herring Gull is seen. It breeds there. 

 From the stern towering walls of granite the laughing of 

 the Loon and the rattling of the Belted Kingfisher are echoed 

 back over the otherwise silent lake. Going to Hawk Lake 

 a nest of White-throated Sparrow is found two feet from the 

 ground in a small cedar bush. We found several nests on 

 the ground or up in the bushes. While we were paddling 

 across the lake a family of Hooded ]\Iergansers (Lophodytes 

 cucnllatus) were started up. They pattered over the water, 

 half flying, at a great rate of speed, until the bushes along 

 the edg'e of an island took them into their protective shade. 

 Here also the Kingbird sallies forth after its winged prey. 

 It surprises one somewhat to find such farm-yard and or- 

 chard birds as Robin, Chipping Sparrow and Kingbird in 



