26. 



tail, eye lids white, ear-patches dark 

 brown and white striped, underparts 

 white, breast creamy, the dark 

 brown arrow-shaped spots being 

 quite large and running in chains. 

 The males and females are alike, 

 after the manner of Thrushes. 



Migrating to New England early 

 in May, very rare in southwestern 

 Maine, it extends further north into 

 Canada West. I found it common 

 about Manitoulin Island, and heard 

 its song in the Lacloche Mountains. 

 Early in Autumn it leaves us for its 

 winter home in Central America. 

 Audubon reported a few on the 

 gulf coast in winter, but Mr. May- 

 nard did not find it in Florida. 



From Rev. J. 3. Langille's Our 

 Birds in their Haunts. 



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For The Ornithologist. 



Canadian Wild Birds. 



BY W. L. KELLS. 



The Titmice. 



There are two or more species of 

 this genera found in the Dominion 

 of Canada, but only one of these — 

 the Black-cap Titmouse or Chick-a- 

 dee — is commonly met with in On- 

 tario. Another species — The Hud- 

 son's Bay Titmouse — is occasionally 

 met with in those districts that 

 border the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 The Black-cap-Chick-a-dee 

 [Paris atric apilhis) 



This very interesting bird, called 

 also the tom-tit, and from its, notes, 

 the chick-a-dee,is a perennial resident 

 of Canada. It frequents all parts of 

 the woods, but chiefly the deep 

 wilds of the forest, and occasionally 

 the orchards and gardens surround- 

 ing human habitations, where it 

 soon makes its presence known by 

 its plaintive but pleasing notes. 

 Often has its pleasant lay cheered 

 the heart of the lonely and bewilder- 

 ed traveller when astray in the 

 trackless wilderness, without a 

 sound or blaze upon the trees, to 

 guide his wandering steps; weary 

 and dejected has he sat down on the 

 moss-covered log to contemplate 

 upon his apparently hopeless situa- 

 tion, when the melody of this den- 

 izen of the wild wood falls on his 

 ear and tells him he is not alone; 

 cheered by the gladsome lay he re- 

 sumes his journey and reaches in 

 safety the shanty of the pioneer, 

 where the presence of the stranger 

 is ever welcome. During the summer 

 months the chick-a-dee is not often 

 seen in the cultivated districts, ex- 

 cept in partially cleared places; but 

 as the autumn advances, when the 

 chilly winds, nightly frosts, and 

 falling leaves, indicate the approach 

 of winter; when most of our sum- 

 mer songsters have fled to more 



