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corruption of the French patriarche. This is of course a 

 new name, which has nearly supplanted the older 



(2) Tci' -di-wa' -ti-wemp' -tos. The word tcidiwatiwe 

 signifies a slow going downwards on a tree trunk. 



Black-capped Chickadee, 



Parus atricapillus (Linn.), and 



Hudsonian Chickadee, 



Parus liiidsonicus Forst. Tci-gi'-gi-luh'-sis. 



Imitation (." Uigigi"). Passamaquoddy, k'tci-gi-gi'-las 

 (" kitcJiigegelas"). Concerning the double note frequently 

 uttered by the Black-cap, with a plaintive rising and falling 

 inflection, Noel Sapier reverently assured the writer that 

 the leader of a little flock uttered those words, and that he 

 was saying to them " Ze-zos" Jesus. 



Hermit Thrush, 



Turdus aoualasclikae pallasii (Cab.), and incidentally the 



Olive-backed Thrush, 



Turdus ustulatus swainsonii (Cab.), and 



Wilson's Thrush, 



Turdus fuscesens Steph. 



( 1 ) A ' -tdl-a-zv auk' -turn, rarely A ' -tdl-a-gtvauk' -turn. 

 Possibly an imitation of song — at least no meaning could 

 be learned. 



(2) Ta-ne'-li-ain', Where are you going ? Now 

 properly a name. 



" Ta-ne'-li-ain' , Ni-kwol '-o-was '-set ? Where are you 

 going, Nikzvolowas set f" asks Atdlazvauktum. Out of the 

 chilly mists of the early morning and in the deepening 

 shadows of twilight we hear him, perched on the topmost 

 cone of a tall spruce, high above his nest and sitting mate, 

 repeating this question. Again, with matchless pathos, 

 " Ta-ne'-li-ain' ', Ni-ko'-la Dm '-i- Den '-it — Where are you 

 going, Nicolas Denys ?" Inquiry reveals the fact that 



