GRAND ROMAINE AND OLD ROMAINE 



strip at Natashquan; here it had developed 

 broader proportions and its character was un- 

 mistakable. It included, however, low thickets, 

 — Hudsonian islands, — and it was in one of 

 these that the yellow-throat was singing. With 

 it were tree sparrows, true residents of the 

 Hudsonian Zone. This is the little sparrow 

 with the chestnut-colored top-piece and the 

 one dark spot on its breast that is to be found 

 only in winter in New England. 



The horned lark, a bird characteristic of the 

 Arctic fauna, was nesting close to the shore; 

 its golden speckled young of the first brood 

 were on the wing, and the old birds were in- 

 dulging in true "sky-larking" or singing up in 

 the sky. It was interesting to watch the deter- 

 mined manner in which the bird would push 

 its way upwards, sometimes nearly vertically, 

 sometimes in irregular circles. It was all done 

 so silently that one almost held one's breath 

 in order to hear the outburst of song which 

 was sure to come as soon as the lark had 

 reached a height of six or seven hundred feet. 

 Here he appeared as but a minute speck in 

 the sky. The song during the first excitement 

 was often continuous for several moments, but 



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