CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 5II 



August 5, 1 found the nest. It was under a dwarf birch, was made 

 of grass and resembled the nest of the white-throated sparrow. It 

 contained three young ready to fly. {E. T. Seton.) 



554. White-crowned Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (FoRST.) Swains. 1831. 



Seems to be confined to southern Greenland ; not numerous but 

 certainly a breeding bird, though its nest has not yet been found in 

 the country. {Arct. Man.) Very plentiful throughout eastern La- 

 brador; breeds abundantly at Fort Chimo. {Packard.) Not obser- 

 ved, on James bay until a short distance north of Fort George when 

 they became common; very abundant from Richmond gulf across 

 Ungava to Fort Chimo. {Spreadhorough.) Two specimens taken 

 at Chateau bay, Labrador, July 14th, 1891. {Norton.) A common 

 summer resident in Newfoundland. {Reeks.) The most abundant 

 land bird in northeastern Labrador ; common wherever there was any 

 spruce scrub. {Bigelow.) I have six nests and eggs of this bird taken 

 at Nachvak and Whale river, Ungava.* (P1^. Raine.) In numbers on 

 Sable Island, N.S., May 25, 1905; one seen May 13, 1907. {J.Bouielier.) 

 A very common summer resident in New Brunswick ; occurs more 

 frequently at Grand Manan during migration. {Chamberlain.) A 

 tolerably common spring and autumn migrant at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Common at Lake Mistassini, northern 

 Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; summer migrant in 

 eastern Quebec. {Dionne.) A scarce transient visitor at Montreal, 

 both in spring and autumn. {Wintle.) First seen at York Factory, 

 Hudson bay where it was abundant and where a small series, includ- 

 ing old of both sexes, and young just from the nest, was taken, 

 July 12th to 14th. About the post at Churchill it was extremely 

 abundant July 23rd to 30th, but after passing north of that point 

 we saw no more until our return when ascending Hayes River. 

 {Preble.) York Factory, Hudson bay. {Dr. R.Bell.) Fort Church- 

 ill, Hudson bay. {Clarke.) 



A common migrant in spring and fall at Ottawa. {Ottawa Natur- 

 alist, Vol. V.) A sparrow that I have never seen in Ontario in sum- 

 mer; neither did I observe it in June or July on the Magdalen islands. 

 It commonly arrives in Ontario about the 15th of May, and is plen- 

 tiful by the 19th. It is very tame, frequenting wood-piles and 



