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demanding at lalst a page in our journals. In Cuba most of our Wood Warblers are ltnown simply as ".l/«u'z‘pusas"—butterilies; but the liedstart‘s bright [damage has won for him the name " (.‘umIelt'lu ” —the, little torch that flashes in the, gloomy depths of tropical forests.

(7/: ing, (hing. chew ; ser—uw. saw, xll‘I’I‘—(’-(’ he sings. and with wings and tail outspread whirls about. daneing from limb to lilnb. darting upw: rd, floating downward. blown hither and thither like a leaf in the breeze. hit. the gnats daneing in the sunlight and the caterpillars feeding in the shade of the leaves know to their sorrow that his erratic course is guided by a purpose.

FAMILY MOTACILLIDE. XVAGTAILS AND PIPITS.

Only three. of the sixty odd species in this family inhabit North America. and but one is found in the Eastern States. They are all terrestrial birds, and have been named from their habit of wagging their tails.

697. Anthus pensilvanicus (LI/Hm. Auxmmx l’IPtT: TITLARK. (See Fig, :34.) xiv/.wtfpper parts dark brownish gray: wings and tail fuseous; \ving—eoverts tipped with whitish or bufi'y: end halt' of outer tail—feather white. next one tipped with white; {1 white or bully line over the eye; under parts white or butl’y. streaked with t'ttseons. eXeept on the throat and middle of the, belly; Mm] tor—Ind] (in! [aw/wt, us 71mg IIN or [UNI/(1‘ than its toe. L., (ms; \\‘.. :rse; T.. 2w; 1;. '47.

1t)t(II'//I‘.-"‘N()l‘l'l1 Ameriea at large. breeding in the higher parts of the Itoeky Mountains and subaretie distriets. and wintering.r in the tiulf States, Mexieo. and Central Ameriea" t.’\. t). 1'».

Washington, W. \'.. sometimes alwmdant, ()et. 15 to Apl. 25. Sin;r Sing, common ’1‘. V., Mart-h iii to (ft; Sept. 24 to Nov. to. Cambridge, '1‘. V., abundant Sept. 20 to Nun-.10; less common .-\pl. 10 to May 211.

Next, ot'erasses. on the ground. lair/gm tour to six. liluish white or grayish white. thielx‘ly and evenly speeltled with einnamon— or \'lllilt't‘tillS—lfl‘l)\\'I], ‘TH x ‘1’)7.

Large. Open traets in the vieinity of the mast are th: localities in

l whieli Titlarlts are most eommon. but they are also found in numbers in old fields, meadoWs, and pastures inland. .-\ reeently burned or : newly plowed field is a good plaee in whieh to look for them. Onee seen. there is little dillieulty in identifyingr these graeel'ul H'u/lt‘ers. as ; they run on before you. or with eonstantly wagging tail await your

i apl'iroaeh. The individuals ol'a lloek are generally seattered ove‘a varying spaee while feeding. but when llushed they rise together and, with a soft, (Ire-den. (lee-([110, mount, high in the air as though bound

, for parts unknown. but often, after hovering above you for several

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