( /> It n asi& Uin'> lliia.) 



-3 ^r; '«?-'^r? 





resident 



i'om li if cold. aiKi in timt p«>.-itioii {'a'l 

 <n easy prey lo Die tox. OfVn, hov - 

 tnerlrain coiues on duiiny: th^'. night 

 and then the weat er ehautr«^s to free - 



through the whoUiyearahongh "ess often | ''^- «"*! ^<>» iii^ i-niet over then? w) i< h 

 seen in spring and summer than in ! "^^^^^y ^^'^^ 'i'ia^)le to break. Being tinii* 

 antuinu. It fereeds quite commonly, but I '"H»»'''^"ed they soon aie 

 tht^ne.^'t.-i are not often found. Buihiing! K. 1 . 



coiU ii -rico I about the firsi or second: 

 week in May. The nest is u.ualv plar- '^^uPininMH M.uany commenced about 



ed o-i the ground- in a verv retired po.M- '^'V'''' "^. '^^"^' «^"^^^"^^* ^^^^^^^ 



■^ and i>< continuud until October, 



ti oa. ltcont?iw^tciofatliick bunhorbuuch 



of brush, or perhaps, by the side of a log 



or rock, and is lined with leuvci^ tind 



feath^TS. The eggs are from :;ix ;o 1 



thirteen in number They vary in color ! 



from neairy pure whitetc dwrk ereamy 



\>\\'^\\ and co\ ered mor« or less thickly , 



witb rourjdiih spots nf drab i 



Thev are laid from the loth, to the I 



{I-rlvtinthof'Jutaa fiu/t> ttpilla 



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i'5th. of Mav. Ahiioiit as soon a* the 



Thi* beiiuwitul litth- bird .tniveafroiu 

 the "^outh where it jipend *he winter., 

 about. tb.« tenth of .May, «eoii pa?o»iji"; 

 to itS breeding eround^ farther North 



It >'r«>ed» mont ahuuflanth" in tli^' 



1 ' . J ^1 ii ^ i Hudfion Bay (-ountv. it*- m^M b* i itr 



young are htttchtMi they are able to run; ^ -^ 



with considerable switlnens, and when ■ 

 alarmed, so quickly and Bkillfully vvil! 

 they hide, that it is rarely possibU for 

 ;» swingle person '"o ca])ture more than 

 one of them The male often alights on 

 a large log and beating his wings a- 

 gainst his Bid«"S and the log produces a 

 hollow mumb'iug sound known as 

 drumming. The beats are, at first slow 

 ;ind distinct, but gradually incraaee in 

 rapidity and end in a rolHng be*t,soiHe 

 \irha;t like the roll of a drum. 

 In summer these birds feed on various 

 inp<?ct«, seeds, and berries, and in win- 

 tor buds of the birch and beech for a 



•eldom fo«nd i«^)uth of the pnrefk''©! 4 5 

 North I^atitude. Tf liile with us iJ in 

 retii intr iv. it* hi>biti<. an«' is more oft*- ij 



j s«en in thickets of aldtfr and other bu^^li- 



! ea than elsf^wliere 



On the 8«venth of June 1888. I had 

 the pleasure of finding a nest of tl:i^ 

 apecia. The locality w,a> a pasttir^p' 

 slooping t^Tivardthe South and gi'owiriir 

 clump.* of alder bush^w. The nwst wy.s 

 placed in t!ie side of a small knoll, i i 

 such a manner that it was n^^ariy coh- 

 ered by an overhan'jjingbunrli ofgras . 

 T nearly stc'pped on the ne?Ht beforr 

 the bird left it, and then t)r rtcvei-al 



• ouHidai- ibh>. part, of their food. They j minutes I failed to find it so closely w»?* 

 liave a peculiar habit of diving into the jit consealed. ItWai^ ciwstructtM.1 of grass' 



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