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trader, at times approaching within a few feet, and all the while expressing 
their distress and anxiety by the most plaintive cries, until he withdraws ; 
they even then frequently follow him for some distance. On such occasions 
several pairs in the vicinity are often attracted to the spot, and join their cries 
with those of the afflicted parents. Besides these cries, and their usual chirp, 
these birds have a much- lower softer tsip and the males during the breed- 
ing season have a very sweet, pleasant song. 
The flight of the Tit-lark is performed in an unsteady undulating manner, 
and is not ordinarily protracted to any great distance. On alighting they 
rapidly vibrate the tail several times, in the manner of all the Motacillince. 
They seldom or never alight on trees or bushes, but always on the ground, 
where they walk or run with great ease and rapidity. They are fond of re- 
sorting at low tide, to the 4 ‘ land-washes, ” (as the low muddy flats over which 
the tide flows are styled in Labrador, ) where they run about on the mud and 
dried “Eel-grass,” ( Zostera ), searching for food in company with the smaller 
Sand-pipers, and very much in the same manner. Though finding an abun- 
dance of food, none that I examined were at all fat. They at all times exhibit 
a heedless familiarity and entire want of fear of man, though the observer may 
be standing within a few paces. They feed unconcernedly around the doors of 
the houses ; and I have frequently seen them searching for food on the very 
roofs of the sheds and houses ; which, being thatched with brush, and a layer 
of turf, afford a convenient lurking place for their insect prey. 
Dendroica pinus (Wils.) Baird. — Pine-creeping Warbler. 
Sylvicola pinus, Aud. Birds Amer. ii. 37 ; pi. 82. 
Dendroica pinus, Baird, Gen. Rep. 277. 
This, and the succeeding species were the only Dendroicas met with in 
Labrador. The single specimen of the Pine-creeping obtained was shot in 
b very dense fir woods, on the 1st of August, and was a young bird apparently 
just able to fly. 
Dendroica striata Baird — Black Poll Warbler. 
Sylvicola striata, Aud. Birds Amer. ii. 28 ; pi. 78. 
Dendroica striata, Baird, Gen. Rep. 280. 
This species I observed in every suitable locality, and was the only warbler 
I found abundant. It is very numerous in all well wooded situations, and Is 
a most expert fly-catcher. On many occasions I saw it dart into the air in 
pursuit of flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, and return again to the same 
twig, in the manner of our common Wood Pewee, Contopus virens. This seems 
to be a more constant habit with this warbler, than with any other of its 
genus. 
Parus Hudsonicus Forster. — Hudsonian Titmouse. 
Parus Hudsonicus, Aud. Birds Amer. ii. 155 ; pi. 128. Baird, Gen. Rep. 395. 
This species I met with on several occasions, always finding them associat- 
ing in small restless companies. I experienced great difficulty in procuring 
specimens, owing to the dense nature of the firs they inhabit ; for when in 
sight, they were always so near, that it was almost impossible to kill them 
without mutilation. Those procured were all young birds, exhibiting the mark- 
ings of the adults very indistinctly. They were remarkably tame and familiar, 
hopping about unconcernedly within a few feet of my head, and hanging from 
the twigs in every conceivable attitude. I could discover little or no. difference 
in their notes from those of the common Chickadee, P. atricapillus, to which 
they likewise exhibited a great similarity in their general manners, evincing 
the restlessness and activity so characteristic of the latter bird, and for 
which the whole family of Paridce are so noted. 
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