. Nature in Acadie [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. II lOuse even ty youthful 5 will come ke his njst eared their ook on the Mature has canty film the forest the naked ere where e verdant 2ps slowly des, wliile ring and haunts of whenever v-patches, i hopping lie harsh id way at ng gentle r through k1 glance 1, a habi- closes in e North- L'ntioned, :ontinua- d scrub- iles, and V stay at given in. CHAPTER III. !H^ URING a short walk in the vicinity of Halifax, on the day after my arrival, I observed our European house-sparrow to be very common about the town ; in fact it seemed even as impudent and
. Nature in Acadie [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. II lOuse even ty youthful 5 will come ke his njst eared their ook on the Mature has canty film the forest the naked ere where e verdant 2ps slowly des, wliile ring and haunts of whenever v-patches, i hopping lie harsh id way at ng gentle r through k1 glance 1, a habi- closes in e North- L'ntioned, :ontinua- d scrub- iles, and V stay at given in. CHAPTER III. !H^ URING a short walk in the vicinity of Halifax, on the day after my arrival, I observed our European house-sparrow to be very common about the town ; in fact it seemed even as impudent and abundant as in the streets of London, they having, no doubt, now been naturalized long enough to look upon these American cities as their rightful inheritance. I observed numbers of the American crow about the fields in the immediate neighbourhood of the town. This bird very much resembles the European species (C corotte), but, to my ear, its note is somewhat different, being sharper and more querulous, and at a little dis- tance hi ving a very great resemblance to the bark of a small dog. By the roadside, among the fields, I dis- turbed two or three American pipits, a bird which has much of the habits and appearance of our meadow pipit {A,pratcnsis) and, to an English observer, seeming to be almost the same bird. These individuals were evidently only visitors on their southward migration, their breeding range being to the northward, in Labra- dor and up to the Arctic regions. On the morning of October i8, a fine, sunny day, I started out for a ramble in the direction of the North-West Arm, which I reached after a walk of nearly three miles. At this season the beautiful and varied hues of the autumnal foliage formed quite a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Swann, H. Kirke (Harry Kirke), 1871
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