4O BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In this month also they leave us for their nestingr in 
     
     the far North. In the Arctic regions, Dr. Cowes 
     
     tells us, their nests are bulky structures, composed 
     
     of grass and moss and placed on the ground, in 
     
     the shelter of a'tussock of grass or a stone. Eggs 
     
     are white, thickly mottled with brown. 
     
    

    
     The Sparrows form a familiar little group of 
     
     this family, interesting on account of their intimate 
     
     association with the scenes of our every-day life, 
     
     their brusque familiarity, and their musical voices. 
     
     The Song Sparrow AMrloxlfiz'z1I fasciata) is the first 
     
     to tune his notes round our doors in the spring. 
     
     In fact the lively bird, in some cases, has been 
     
     here all winter, hidingr in the sheltered nooks of 
     
     a barn or a stack—yard. But now he is out with 
     
     his clear, musical ditty and his social ways, to 
     
     warn us that the season of love is cominsr with 
     
     the softeningr sky and the buddingr willow and 
     
     the Robin’s loud call in the grove. The nest is 
     
     built on the ground, sheltered by a clod or stick, 
     
     and composed of grass and hair. Sometimes it 
     
     is placed on a low bush, if the intelligent bird 
     
     has been often disturbed on the ground. The 
     
     Black Snow«bird (fin/to men/(111's) mingles its 
     
    
   
   
    
     slender ditty with the first song, of the Sparrows,