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55. Penthestes hudsonicus littoralis (H. Bryant). 

 Acadian Chickadee. 



Six adults and six youngish birds of both sexes from Deer Lake, 

 Nicholsville, Hobley Hills, Port au Port, and Spruce Brook, July 3rd 

 to September 16th. 



One of the surprises in studying the collection was to find that the 

 brown Chickadee of Newfoundland was typical P. h. littoralis and not 

 P. h. nigricans C. W. Townsend of the nearby Labrador coast. Our 

 specimens are indistinguishable from specimens from Nova Scotia 

 and Maine, and very different from the type of the latter race. 



It has been mentioned above that the Newfoundland Jay and the 

 Acadian Chickadee make up a large part of the avifauna of the New- 

 foundland "Mash." The Chickadee was found abundantly in the 

 coniferous trees surrounding these bogs. 



56. Regulus calendula calendula (Linne). 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 



Four adult males and one adult female from Nicholsville and Spruce 

 Brook, July 7th to September 10th. 



The Ruby-crowned Kinglet was observed very often in the deciduous 

 woods east of Nicholsville. It was apparently breeding there. Only 

 occasional birds were seen elsewhere. 



57. Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola Ridgway, 



Willow Thrush. 



Eight adults of both sexes and one immature male from Romain's 

 Brook, Port au Port, Lewis Hills, and Spruce Brook. 



Newfoundland "Veerys" are identical with specimens from Mon- 

 tana, Minnesota, and British Columbia. 



H. f. fuliginosa Howe, (1900, p. 271), must be considered synony- 

 mous with the Willow Thrush. In size as well as in coloration, both 

 adults and immatures agree perfectly with the western bird. 



The Newfoundland " Veery " was observed only in the rich limestone 



