MAINE o:iNiTJOLO .1ST AND or/>aisr. 



Bird Koles. 



{Continued Fiom First P.tgf^:) 



hummiug-biras. I: nppea.s to be; 



cojfiii3tl to the re/\ou between tlio •'.igblb 



. . , , ' 1 ' .•. 1 Ti.^MV writes : I wonder it any ot the readers 



a. 1 1 ninth degrees uorJi .atitude. 1 lieii -^ 



Mr. Geo. L. White. Mt Morris, >'.Y 



f )od c 'n?Lsts principally of minute 



i nscci 3. 



These birds aie at once known 1 y the 

 curious crest of Ceathers tl.ht adorns 

 their heal, and the long lK>ard-like ap- 

 ] enlage on the chi:i. Tlu' l.ca;l and 

 neck of the adult nail is black. The 

 throat plume? arc white, and a broad 

 bail 1 of while encircles the neck. . Tlie 

 upper part of the bo ly, and the two 

 central tail feathers are of a brlght- 

 jjretn. 



Their is also an nother species of the 

 Helmet-cre-«ted known as the Oueiins 

 Helmet-cre?ted Hummingbird. It in- 

 habits M still higher part of the Chum- 

 bain An !es, where it is far from being 



of the MAINE o. .< (>. have noticed tliafc 

 their are very fewciowstobe seen iiere 

 (liis winter : I have no*, seen lialT a dozen 

 they seem to prefer tiie southern states 

 this winter, preiiaps on acount (»f the 

 cold . 



On a recent trip to AVashington il 

 noti-'cd tluit their werean immen.-o U'lni- 

 ber of crjws to be seen flying around 

 the city ;a!so noticed large f.ocUb around 

 Baltimo.-e. 



— W. I. C.,of Norwalk. Corn., re- 

 ports t ijit birds were quite ])lci;ty in his 

 locality this winter. Mourning Doves 

 Song SpaArrows, and Goldfii;ches were 

 seiu in flocks ; also a few solitary ind>- 

 vidials of Sharp-shiued and I^ed- 

 shouldered Hav.k. Saw several Robins 

 January 30th, 



M^v 



Some of the birds cf Iowa. 

 (by ouu IOWA coukespond't) 



uncomon. 



It is eas-ily distinguished from the 



f.)rmer varity by a bright gree line which 



passes down the centre of the beard,! Cliickadec {Pariis Alricapilhis) .— 



Tliis small bird, only ab(nit live inches 

 long, seems littorly insensible to tl:e 

 rigor of our most severe Avinters, and is 



and of which on'y a faint distinction 

 is visi »'e in ;h2 forme.-: Their is also 

 more white on the tail. 



The (ire at Hlack Spider of Soutli 

 America hunts t:ie Htimmingbird as a 

 dii'it/ nnivsel, but the little humming 

 V*,. 1 ' •- ■\\\ ;i\(M)gcr in the B^'arded 

 Sout^ A.iieii-an Ant, who hunts the 

 black spi<lor with c(^ual\ as much courage 

 and craftiness. 



The rod i\iM gnn club of anistco. N 

 Y.have purchased three hundred (piai'. 

 which as soon a> the weather wid permit 



apparently ntver happier- than wl:en 

 playing ;-mong the branches on the&uny 

 side of a tree, with a sharp iroety wind 

 -ingiiig through the branches over his 

 head. 



The Chickadee is ever gay and fear- 

 less and filed w ith a lesiless cuiicsity 

 whether it l»e in tlie door-yard eirn.iles 

 away from human habitation : but it 

 is in the lonely forest that out feels the 

 cheei ing infli.ei.ce (.f the cempnni< r'hip 



:,, , T . • ,1 .1 .(•.r..,.. :„ ti.u "* these little creatures mcst r.ndl.tais 

 vvi be distiDuted on the larmo in tlii> »i • • n i-i 



• • • w »i ««..;,..! r.fft,o nii-nl* ^Mth pient pleiisuie their lolly chick* 

 \ cinitv. Snu'c the arn al ot tt»e qu.ni.- i i i j ^ 



several have dit'd and ha\ ebeen mounted 1 »'"t*e-uee. 

 bv Mr NVm.. Uurrcll. — Assoc. Ed. 



(To be coiilimied,) 



