44 BIRDS OF P. If. ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Elliot River. At first he tried to hide his strong- 
     
     ly tnark‘d coat of black and white among the 
     
     growing grass, hut failing in this was away in 
     
     his strong flight to the top of a poplar, then, 
     
     without uttering a note, was gone from us for« 
     
     even 
     
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     fiatltimorr Qlt‘iolr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     , (filer/ts ga/lI/r/a) 
     
    
   
   
    
     This flashing beauty of l)ird»life is said to 
     
     have been seen at Caseumpeque, though we our» 
     
    
   
   
    
     selves have never observed it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     flush) (Bratrlclt. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sko/uap/lag/(s flrr/{gz'I/v/rx is the awkward seien~ 
     
     tifit: appendage to the name of this rather common 
     
     bird, that in early spring comes whistling so shrilly 
     
     and yet so sweetly along the horde-rs of the glassy 
     
     ponds. Blackbird is its common name, and who 
     
     does not remember a summer eve when the silvery 
     
    
   
   
    
     pond reflected the forms of the unhowed sedges,