of the District of Montreal. 299 



F, nivalis. Snow bird. 

 F, hudsonia of Wilson ! 

 F. hyemalis of Audubon ! 

 Junco hyemalis. Linn. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. ET V. Bill and legs pale ; eggs 3 to 5, green, spotted 

 and speckled with cinereous ; irides black. 



Dorsal aspect. Greyish black ; wing feathers blackish brown ; 

 Primaries edged with white ; secondaries with brown on the outer 

 vanes, and all more or less edged with white on their inner vanes ; 

 tail square ; two lateral feathers, and outer vane of 3rd white ; 

 Centre feathers blackish brown. 



Ventral aspect. Like the dorsal, except the belly, vent, and 

 tail coverts which are white ; wing coverts pale grey, edged and 

 tipped with white. 



2nd and 3rd primaries equal ; 1st shorter than 5th. Length 

 YJ inches ; alar breadth 8j inches. 



F. Pennsylvannica. White-throated Sparrow. 



F. alhicollis of Wilson ! 



Zonoirichia alhicollis. Gmel. ! Baird ! 



v.s.p. Upper mandible bluish horn colour ; lower one, legs 

 and feet pale flesh colour ; eggs unknown. 



Dorsal aspect. Crown and nape of neck black, divided in the 

 centre by a line of white, and bordered laterally by another line 

 of white, which becomes yellow between the nostrils and the eye, 

 and black behind the eye ; back with the scapulars blackish brown 

 broadly edged with chestnut ; greater and smaller wing coverts 

 brown tipped with white, causing a couple of bars across the 

 shoulders ; tail square, long, glossy chestnut, edged with a lighter 

 tint ; primaries and secondaries brown, the former edged with 

 whitish, the latter broadly with chestnut. 



Ventral aspect. Cheeks, breast, and flanks lead colour, ap- 

 proaching to brown on the last mentioned situation ; belly and 

 tail coverts, with a spot upon the throat white. 



1st, 2nd and 3rd primaries subequal. Length 6J inches ; alar 

 breadth 8j inches ; length of tail 2 J inches. 



F. melodia. Song Sparrow. 

 Melospiza melodia. Wilson ! Baird ! 

 v.s.p. ET V. Upper mandible bluish horn colour ; lower one 

 pale ; legs and feet pale flesh colour ; eggs 4 to 5, greenish white 

 mottled with brown. 



