26 BIRDS or P. E. ISLAND.

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The Titlark (Am/m: Ludom'a’anus), like the Shore Lark, is only a wanderer here, the flocks, however, coming in the fall and wandering rest- lessly over the plowed fields, after the grain is all gone. It is distinguished by its brown color —olive above and lighter below—by its devious, uncertain flight, and the habit of moving its tail

up and down, when resting on the ground.

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Of these beautiful and sweet—voiced migrants we have fifteen species, which come during the sunny months of summer to give fresh joy to the leafy glory of the wood-land.

The modest-plumed Yellow-rump (Deiza’razza coronata)—so conspicuously marked by the bright yellow patch on its rump, exposed when it flies, and the general slaty-blue of its plumage—comes the first of May, searching for insects about the hedges and farm buildings. Its song is slender and homely, but the bird is robust and fearless, staying with us till the last chill days of October.