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38. (652). Yellow Warbler, Dendroica aestiva. Abundant. 



39. (655). Yellow-rumped Warbler, Dendroica coronata. Two males 

 were found at widely separated points on Big Beaver, and doubtless they 

 had nests in the vicinity. Others were heard singing occasionally, but they 

 were far from plentiful. 



40. (657). Black and Yellow Warbler, Dendroica maculosa. Rather 

 more numerous than the preceding, but not common. Seen as often among 

 the low, dense evergreens as in the deciduous tree s. 



41. (667). Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens. The most 

 abundant and characteristic of all the warblers. On Big Beaver one was 

 rarely out of hearing of its leisurely song. 



42. (674). Oven Bird, Seiurus aurocapillus. Fairly plentiful. 



43. (681d). Northern Yellow-throat, Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla. 

 Not common, but five or six were found on Big Beaver. 



44. (687). Redstart, Setophaga ruticilla.. Next to the Black-throated 

 Green the most abundant warbler. 



45. (721). House Wren, Troglodytes aedon. Omnipresent, and as likely 

 to be found in the depths of the swamp, or among the wooded sand dunes, 

 as about the village. 



46. (722). Winter Wren, Olbiorcliilus hiemalis. Seen but once or twice 

 (on Big Beaver), but its remarkable song was heard from every tamarack 

 swamp visited. Widmann speaks of the song as "unmusical," but it certainly 

 has far greater charm for my ear than that of any so-called warbler. 



47. (726). Brown Creeper, Certhia familiaris americana. Only a single 

 bird seen, in a burnt tract where all the low growth had been killed and a 

 few giant hemlocks rose fair and green above the blackened thickets (Big 

 Beaver). 



48. (728). Red-bellied Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis. Common in the 

 locality just mentioned and seen once or twice in the tamaracks. (The White- 

 bellied Nuthatch was; not seen at all). 



49. (735). Chickadee, Parus atricapillus. Two or three small parties 

 seen, including some young birds. 



50. (758a). Olive-backed Thrush, Hyloci^chla ustulata szvainsoni. A 

 single bird sang for an hour or more from a tamarack swamp near St. James, 

 and although I succeeded in getting within a few yards of him several times, 

 it was impossible to get a shot or even to get a satisfactory look at him. 

 Nevertheless I am fully satisfied that it was none other than the Olive-back. 

 No others were seen or heard. 



51. (759b). Hermit Thrush, Hylocichla guttata pallasi. The common 

 woodland thrush of the islands, its beautiful song heard at intervals even dur- 

 ing the middle of the day^ and almost continuously toward night. In spite of. 

 its abundance it proved to be a hard bird to see, and of scores whose voices 

 were heard only two or three were seen. (I looked and listened in vain for 

 both the Wood Thrush and the Veery.) 



52. (761). Robin, Merula migratoria. Not uncommon in suitable places, 

 yet by no means abundant. 



53. (766). Sialia sialis. Bkiebird. A few pairs were found nesting on 

 Big Beaver — probably rearing their second broods, 



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