NOTES ON SOME OF THE RARER BIRDS OF 

 SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK. 



BY MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 



, Sialia sialis. Bi-uKBiiiAx-About the middle of March, 1877, Mr. 

 Harold Gilbert saw one at Mount Pleasant, a suburb of St. John Some 

 time early in Tune, 1879, Mr. J. W. Banks saw one at MilledgeviUe, with 

 food in it' n.outn, app!;ently for its young. On April .6, x88:, Mr. Henry 

 Gilbert shot one at Rothesay, nine miles north of St. John. 



Ball. N. O. O, 7. April, 1882. P. 104 



.On the 34th of the same montli''- 

 the occurrence of the Bluebird near St. John was confirmed, for 

 I shot a pair at W^estlield, evidently mated. I also know of 

 numerous others having been taken or seen during the summer. 

 ^ m^;n ■ Bull N. O. O. S, Jan, 1883. p. 7 . 



Birds -within Ten TMTiles of Point 

 deMontSj Ca.a. Cozneau &Merriaii- 



4. Sialia sialis. Blue-bird. — Extremely rare. During a residence 

 of many years at Godbout Mr. Comeau has seen but one pair of these 

 birds : they nested in a stump near his house in July, 1880. 



Buli. N, 0.0, 7,^Oot, 1882. p, 234 



Birds Of Upper St. Joba. 

 Batcbelder. 



6. Sialia sialis (Lhin.} Hald. Bluebird.— At Grand Falls they were 

 frequently seen, as many as seven or eight in the course of a day. Ap- 

 parently not common at Fort Fairfield. At Houlton "very rare," one 

 pair breeding. 



BuliN.O.Oi 7, April, 1882. p, 109 



WDates Migratory Birds observed by 

 E. D. Wmtle.FaU 1885, Montreal. Canf 



Nov. 17, Bluebird, j 

 O.&O. XI. Mar. 1886. p. 9 y 



BTJmSBer BirdB of Btidbory, Ont.^ 

 ^ A.H.Alberger, »• 



^ 766. l3h^i,,^7-^j^-^^j^---- 



o*&o, jteae.i8©o. P.88 



290. Sialia sialis. Bluebird.— Abundant migrant and summer 

 resident, March 3 to November 11; earliest spring record, Februarv 26 

 1906. 



y^^jt^i^^^^^ SZ<iytU<:if: o^viXiuic, 



75. Sialia siaHs. Bluebird.- Fairly common. , 



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