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mile inland in the depth of a spruce forest. This specimen is the 

 darkest and handsomest that I have ever seen. 



7. Parula americana, Linn. — Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 

 Seen near Port Hawkesbury, Cape Breton, June 23, and at 



Fox Bay, Anticosti, July 11, a single male being observed on each 

 occasion. 



8. Helminthophila ruficapilla, Wils. — Nashville Warbler. 

 On July 15, during a brief excursion into the woods that line 



the north shore of Gaspe Bay, I heard the unmistakable song of 

 a Nashville Warbler; the species was not noted elsewhere. 



9. Helminthophila peregrina, Wils. — Tennessee Warbler. 

 The only specimen met with was shot near Fox Bay, Anticosti, 



July 11. I had penetrated a mile or more inland, following a 

 wood road, when the familiar song came faintly to my ears. 

 Noting the direction of the sound I left the path and descend- 

 ing a slope entered a swamp where spruces (Abies alba) and 

 larches (Larix americana) grew in matted and often impenetra- 

 ble thickets with narrow openings between. Under the ever- 

 greens nearly every ray of light was excluded, and even the open- 

 ings were too small to admit much sunshine ; but they were 

 enlivened in places by beds of beautiful lady's slippers, some of 

 which were of a rich golden color, others rose shading into white, 

 and the ground everywhere was deeply carpeted with moss. 



This lonely place contained apparently only two birds, a Mary- 

 land Yellow-throat, and the Tennessee Warbler. The latter was 

 flitting about in the upper branches of a larch busily searching 

 for insects, but every now and then suspending this occupation 

 to give utterance to his shrill, hurried song. It seemed a pity to 

 rob the spot of his cheery presence. 



10. Dendrceca aestiva, Gm. — Yellow Warbler. 



The Yellow Warbler was one of the most abundant members of 

 its family at Fox Bay, Anticosti, where, however, it was appar- 

 ently confined to the vicinity of the settlers' clearings along the 

 shore. About these it frequented wood edges and outlying thick- 

 ets of spruces, intermixed with mountain ashes and cornels 

 (Cornus alternifolia). In several such places it fairly swarmed, 

 being actually more numerous than I have ever found it in New 

 England. We also saw a few specimens in the village gardens at 

 Gaspe. 



