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the three next finely margined with the same, the outer 

 vanes of the remainder bright ferruginous or bay. Smaller 

 and greater wing coverts of the same bright bay, blended 

 with bold streaks of dark brown. The three axillary 

 feathers in each wing, black, edged externally with white. 

 Tail coverts and tail of the same reddish brown ; the tail 

 feathers marked with black down the centre ; the tail 

 coverts spotted with black. No white whatever about 

 the tail. 



December "jth. -^Captain Drummond, who saw the skin of 

 this bird, at Mr. McLeod's quarters, and compared it with 

 Wilson, pronounced it to be the Swamp Sparrow of that 

 author (Fringilla palustris). The Swamp Finch, of the 

 " New York Fauna." 



This is an addition to our ornithology. 



Mr. Wedderburn killed an immature specimen of the 

 Green Heron to-day (Ardea virescens of Audubon). Saw 

 no other bird. 



Mr. Orde shot a young spotted Sandpiper. 



December nth. — A large Hawk has been noticed both 

 yesterday and to-day, passing over the town in the vicinity 

 of the new church. It was twice seen by Mr. Wedderburn 

 this evening. 



December \2th. — All last night and this morning the wind 

 blew fresh and strong from the north-west. Walked out 

 in the afternoon and visited the Chief Justice's ponds and 

 Hungry Bay. At the former I found the surrounding 

 cedar trees teeming with Blue-birds {Sialia wilsonii) which 



