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of space. The long, thin wings, firmly set, cleave the air like 
knife-blades and the forked tail, spread to its fullest, is inclined 
to, one side or the other as the bird changes its swift course. 
When it turns, the snowy head and breast are contrasted against 
the green background and its steel blue back glances in the sun- 
light. Finally rising to a level with the tree-tops it is gone as it 
came, like a beautiful vision. 
But my space is exhausted, although many interesting birds 
remain to be mentioned. Perhaps at some future time 1 may 
take up the threads where this sketch leaves them. 
NOTES ON SOME OF THE RARER BIRDS OF 
SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK. 
BY MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 
1. Sialia sialis. Bluebird. — About the middle of March, 1877, Mr. 
Harold Gilbert saw one at Mount Pleasant, a suburb of St. John. Some 
time early in June, 1879, Mr- J- W. Banks saw one at Milledgeville, with 
food in its mouth, apparently for its young. On April 26, 1881, Mr. Henry 
Gilbert shot one at Rothesay, nine miles north of St. John. 
2. Dendroeca pennsylvanica. Chestnut-sided Warbler. 
3. Dendroeca castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. 
4. Dendroeca blackburnse. Blackburn’s Warbler. — These three 
species are but rarely found here. In my note-book is a record of one of 
each taken during the summer of 1881, and I can learn of none others 
having been seen or heard. 
5. Vireo noveboracensis. White-eyed Vireo. — Mr. Harold Gilbert 
shot one specimen of this bird at South Bay, a few miles northwest from 
St. John, on May 24, 1877, and this is the only known instance of its 
occurrence in this vicinity. 
'6. Pyranga rubra. Scarlet Tanager. — -I saw an adult male of this' 
species sitting on a fence in the suburbs of St. John on June 20, 1879, an d 
have examined two specimens taken near Hampton during the summer of 
1880. 
7. Ammodromus caudacutus. Sharp-tailed Finch. — On June 21, 
1881, five individuals of this species were taken by Mr. H. A. Purdie, 
Mr. Fred. W. Daniel and myself, on a marsh near Hampton. This marsh 
is watered by the Kenebecasis, a tributary of the St. John, and lies some 
twenty-five miles up the former river. The junction of the two rivers 
