. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO, helow white, the sides i^^ . vviii^s ;ii\(l tail dusky-purplisli. Tho fiiiutir lacking Ihe K,\ ; wiiit;. iji . ill. II l'".asterii Ndith .\inenca to tlu: I'lains. iioith to the l'"iir roiimries iiils 1)00111 to arrive towards tlir middle of M i\, ;uid by the (mu 1 of the month when th(> lilacs ar e 111 hidom thev are (jnite numerous. this time many pass on to while others eno;a,i,
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. ONTARIO, helow white, the sides i^^ . vviii^s ;ii\(l tail dusky-purplisli. Tho fiiiutir lacking Ihe K,\ ; wiiit;. iji . ill. II l'".asterii Ndith .\inenca to tlu: I'lains. iioith to the l'"iir roiimries iiils 1)00111 to arrive towards tlir middle of M i\, ;uid by the (mu 1 of the month when th(> lilacs ar e 111 hidom thev are (jnite numerous. this time many pass on to while others eno;a,i,^' in tiie same ofciij)ation breed farther noil h. Here 111 September tiiey again become common, showing a strong liking tor the Uiipatieiis ftilvd, or W1l( 1 balsam, which rows abundaiitK' in moist places, and later they crowd about the bii;iioiii(i or tnimpet-creepei MIS IS late tloweriiu plant, and the linv l)irds, as though loth to leave it, are seen as laie as the middle of September rifling it of its swi-ets. There are about sixteen different species of 1 lummingbirds now kiu)wn as North American, but this is the oiilv east of the Mississip])i River, 'riioiigh small one fomu IS ver\ "If wh' })ugnacicjtis, ottei'. attacking f)irds much larger tliaii itself wlio may \'eiitur'- near its nest. On s ,.di occasions it produces an angry buzzing souiul with its , but it has no save a weak cliirp, like a cricket or Okdkk I'i:kci!inc. IJirds. .SuHouni-R ("'rOKlCS. .:ss I' liiuus. I'amiiv I Tykan i 1''i,ycaii hi-ks. (ii-NUS MllADLUS SwAiNsoN. 174. ' loK' ((iMi:i.). n;:. Seisaor-tailed Flycatc'aer. I'irst primary aloiu; .:marginate ; crown patch, oranj;e or scarlet Iloary ash, paler or white below, sides at the insertion of the wings scarlet or bk)04l «75. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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