THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND \.\Ti i:.\i. 





Other Oologioal students to follow his example ' al Dick's Lai ■ 

 and penetrate the primitive forests of New (Qalenula galeata.) 

 Brunswick to add additional facta to this seventeen mile* from 



excellent lint. The Society's Committee on ' 

 Botany have made a good beginning in issuing 

 a list of plants found within the Province, and 

 we have no doubt thai through the exertions 

 of Messrs. Hay, Chalmers and Vroom, the 

 Flora of New Brunswick will be sis thoroughly 

 worked up as the birds have been by Mi 

 Chamberlain. Tbe Bulletin is creditable to 

 the Society and printer, and doubtless No. 2 

 will contain matter of similar interest. 



REVIEW. 

 The Farmers' Advocate, published al 

 London, Ontario. The April number of this 

 serial contains two handsome engravings 

 (specially designed for the journal), and is 

 replete with matter interesting to the Agricul- 

 turist. Subscription, $1 .00 per annum. 



We call the attention of those of our readers 

 who are fond of the Rod, to the advertisement 

 headed " Sportsman's Retreat," in this issue. 

 Our friend should have a full house during 

 the season ; guests are promised plenty of 

 sport. 



V.i-\ year was shot tie- lv 

 phyris Mdrtinica), and ai 

 al Quaco, N'.l:. ; the lattei 

 and appeared to be a ■ ui _ 

 Green Eeron (.Ard* • 

 lasl September al Brier Islai I, • ' 

 time were seen large floi 

 Tanager, ( Pyranga i ubra i, and 

 Oriole, (ictei us Ballimo ■ , '■'■ 

 also, this spring, quite a flight 

 both the red (<',■ | 



w!iiie-w inged (O. l< ucopiera). The , 

 beak, (Pinicola Canaden 

 found in this Province, bul w i. 

 here or not, I have been m 



determine. Witb the excepti i the H 



of Tanagers and Orioles mentioned 

 ha\ e seen all these birds in tht 

 I am, yours truly. 



K. 

 St, John, X.i:.. loth April. : 





* An island in the Bay of Fnndjr, al 

 tremity <>r Digbj Neck, on i( ia tlig - 



(torresponbence. 



To the Editor of The Canadian Sportsman 

 and Naturalist. 

 Dear Sir, — Referring to your " Ornitholo- 

 gical Queries" (just the thing that is wanted, 

 and answers to which I shall look forward to 

 with much interest), perhaps it will not be 

 uninteresting to lovers of Ornithology to know 

 that last week was shot on the Belvedere 

 Flats, about twelve miles from this city, a line 

 female specimen of the Trumpeter Swan, 

 (Cygnas buccinator). It was very thin, hut 

 in excellent plumage, entirely white with the 

 exception of head and neck, which had mark- 

 ings of a very light rusty brown, so light thai 

 at a distance of a few yards the whole bird 

 appeared white. Measurement from tip to tip 

 of wings, G feet G in. By the slight markings 

 on the head and neck, I concluded it was a 

 young bird. This appears to be quite a rara \ feet from the 

 avis in these parts. Last fall, there was killed wood-peoker or chickadee, and not mon 



NIDIF1CATION OF Ml II \ i< I 



Sir, — When I wrote the article published in 

 the April number, I stated that I had nol 

 the nest or eggs of Sitta Canadensis, and in a 

 note to Mi'. Dunlop, giving some of u'\ 



vations regarding the nidi Meat ion of 

 hatches, I stated that on one occasion I ha. I 



Seen the nest ot this bird ~$ittn Curoli 

 ill a cavity of a decayed tree, like thai 

 wood-pecker. Subsequent investigation amid 

 the wild haunts ot' these birds, proves that the 

 red bellied species are tar more nun. 

 than I had supposed, and a review ■■! mi 

 observations, taken (// tin linn, now n 

 me confident that the nest referred to bel< 

 lo the latter bird. It was in the earl\ part of 

 dune 1866, 1 was cutting down timber on the 

 margin of a heaver meadow where the n 

 mostly ha I sain, cedar, and white wood din i 

 was thick. I happened, among others to fell 

 an old linden stub, and to my regrel and 

 great distress oi' the parent birds, found tl. 

 contained the nesl of a Nuthatch, in wl 

 were three young ones, which were n, .. 

 killed by the tall ot the tree. The cavity in 



which the nest was placed was about tw< 



round, made like that 



