50 DOWNS — -ON LAND BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA, 



several specimens; always perched on the tops of the highest 

 maples and other hardwood trees, over brooks of running water. 



Black-throated Blue Warbler — fS. Canadensis). — Occurs 

 rarely about Grand Lake. Have never shot more than two 

 specimens. 



Black and Yellow Warbler — (S. maculosa). — Abundant in 

 all the wooded districts ; arriving about the 10th of May. 



Blue-eyed Yellow Warbler. — This famihar little warbler 

 breeds in the vicinity of dwellings, generally in a gooseberry or 

 lilac bush. It is of great service to the garden, consuming vast 

 quantities of green caterpillars and insects. It is very fond of 

 willow trees, and generally observed in such positions. 



Blue-green Warbler. — This species is very rare. 



Mourning Warbler — (Trichas Philadelphica). — Of this species 

 I have only obtained one specimen, which I shot at the " rocking 

 stone," near Kidston's, four years ago. 



Maryland Yellow-throat — (T. Marilandica). — This pert 

 little fellow has a good deal of the habit of the "Jenny Wren" of 

 England, dodging in and out of a faggot heap. During the breed- 

 ing season it has a habit of rising in the air singing, and drops 

 down again like a stone. It generally builds at the foot of an alder^ 

 bush, and successfully raises a large family. 



Nashville Warbler — (Sylvicohi ruhricapilla). — I have always 

 observed this species singing on the very topmost branches of trees. 

 It is very wild and difficult to shoot, and is not very common. 



Having now arrived, gentlemen, at the end of my present list, I 

 must state that all the facts I have given may be safely relied upon, as 

 they are the result of forty years' experience in bii'd life. And I would 

 here, as it is the very first time I have ever appeared as a reader in 

 public, take the opportunity of counselling the young men of Halifax 

 to take more interest than they do in the natural history of their 

 country. Many an hour now passed in walking up and down 

 Granville Street in tight boots, might be devoted far more profit- 

 ably to studying the quiet scenes of nature. If I had listened to 

 the advice given me by the young men of my time, I do not think 

 I should have had the pleasure of appearing here this evening ; and 

 instead of being happy, as I now am, in the presence of my brother 



