42 BIRDS OF P. E. ISLAND.

wanderer here, passing us in numbers during mi- gration in spring and fall, but rarely stopping for its summer nestings in our groves. Its nest is in the lofty trees, and it is a bird of the groves, not of the sunny fields. In the leafy home of the Warbler and the mellow-tongued Thrush we are surprised to hear in mid-summer a loud twit- tered song, exactly like Junco’s, and up in the highest arch of the rustling foliage our homely songster wooes his mate.

The Fox Sparrow (Passerella z'lz'aca) is the largest of the Sparrows, andof a rich rusty-red color. He' comes, while the April snows fill the wood~land, with a loud, musical song that startles the echoes of the lifeless scene.

The Sharp—tailed Sparrow and Sea-side Spar- row (Ammaa'mmur Ilzariz‘z‘z'mus) are not common birds. The former is reported from Cascumpeque, and I have seen the latter sporting through the meadows on the border of the great Tracadie marshes. It is a blythe fleet—winged bird that loves to breast the rude sea-breezes and sport its bright, yellow-trimmed dress where the fields of purple irises blow.

The Black-throated Bunting (Spiza Americana)