1 1 8 Field and Forest Rambles. 



rapidly multiplying as its four-footed foes are being destroyed, 

 so that we may expect such hawks and owls as prey on it will 

 in time become plentiful and resident, just as are the peregrine 

 and goshawk, which must fare now far better during the 

 winter months than formerly, when the feline quadrupeds 

 were plentiful. 



A solitary instance of the TURKEY BUZZARD and two 

 specimens of the Golden Eagle are recorded by Board- 

 man, who thinks the latter may remain throughout the year. 

 The White- Headed qr Bald Sea Eagle is seen at all 

 seasons on the coasts, and on the lakes and rivers in summer, 

 where it preys extensively on salmonoids. Few recommend 

 themselves to notice more forcibly than this noble-looking 

 bird, more especially when engaged in hunting for food; 

 the pure white head, neck, and tail contrasting with the 

 black of the other parts, as with break-neck impetuosity he 

 plunges headlong on his quarry, remind us of the glowing 

 descriptions and vivid delineations of the American orni- 

 thologists, Smith and Audubon, who have certainly spared 

 neither pen nor pencil in attempts to render imperishable 

 and impressionable all the ennobling qualities of this the 

 heraldic emblem of their country. Nevertheless, allowing 

 for the heightened enthusiasm of these patriotic naturalists, 

 the main facts they describe are still rehearsed daily on 

 many of the great rivers and along the shores of the 

 United States and Canada. On one occasion, during an 

 examination of the geology and Indian refuse heaps before 

 mentioned, in the vicinity of the pretty little town of St. 

 Andrews, in the Bay of Fundy, I found myself on the dome- 

 shaped or rather glacial rounded summit of Shamcook 

 Mountain, some 700 to 800 feet above the level of the lovely 

 Passamaquoddy Bay, with its little islands and outline recalling 

 recollections of the Gulf of Naples as seen from the summit of 

 Vesuvius, whilst the scenery towards the north was hilly with 

 deep intervening troughs containing natural tarns where the 



