18 BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
     more intended for the realms of sunshine than 
     
     for the shadows of earth. 
     
    

    
     The Hermit is less in size than the Robin, 
     
     being two inches shorter, and of a much more 
     
     delicate structure. Color, brownish—olive above, 
     
     and white, marked with brown, below. The males 
     
     arrive the last of April, and mope solitary in the 
     
     shadows for some days, when the females arrive, 
     
     and soon the tender melodies ring through the 
     
     leafless groves. The nest of small twigs and 
     
     grasses is built on the ground, and contains four 
     
     or five greenish-blue eggs. It feeds on ground 
     
     beetles and such other insects as inhabit wood— 
     
     lands. 
     
    

    
     THE OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH is sometimes 
     
    
   
   
    
     heard Singing here. 
     
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     Of these diminutive birds we have the Ruby— 
     
     crowned and Gold-crested Kinglets. The former 
     
     (Regulus calm/dam) is a little over four inches in 
     
     length: bright olive—green on the back and whitish 
     
    
   
   
    
     below, tinged with yellowish; two white bars on