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as far eastward as Cook inlet. (Turner.) Abundant at Unalaska, 

 October 5th to 7th, 1899, frequenting the roofs of buildings, lumber 

 piles, wharfs, beaches and weeds of the level country. (Bishop.) 

 Ten specimens were taken at Sand point, Popof island, October 20th, 

 1 901 by Figgins. This sparrow is fairly common on Popof island, 

 where it is resident. (Chapman.) 



583. Lincoln Sparrow. 



Melospiza lincolnii (Aud.) Baird. 1858. 



Rare at Fort Chimo, Labrador; a male obtained June loth, 

 1883; common in southern portions. Drexler found it at Moose 

 Factory, May 23rd, i860. (Packard.) Common along the north- 

 eastern coast of Labrador. A characteristic bird of the wooded 

 parts of the coast as far north as Hamilton inlet. (Bigelow.) Not 

 an uncommon inland summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 

 A pair was found breeding at Brackley point, Prince Edward island, 

 June 26th, 1888. (Macoun.) Breeding in some abundance on 

 both shores of the Gut of Canso, N.S. (Brewster.) A rare summer 

 resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B.; taken in 1899 at 

 Fredericton where it undoubtedly breeds. {W. H. Moore.) Taken 

 at Beauport, near Quebec; an uncommon migrant. (Dionne.) 



A casual at Ottawa; a male of this species was shot, i6th May, 

 1884, near the east end of the city by Mr. G. R. White. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Have occasionally met with this bird in the 

 county of Leeds, Ont.,also once near Sharbot lake, Ont. It arrives 

 early, before the song sparrow, and commences nesting, the end of 

 April. I have found the nest several times, always on the ground 

 in rough places. The last nest was under a small spruce, built in 

 moss. The eggs are slightly smaller than the song sparrow's, and 

 the nest is lined with fine grass. A few breed on the Magdalen 

 islands where the song sparrow seems to be very rare. (Rev. C. J. 

 Young.) Apparently rare in the Algonquin park, Ont. ; shot one 

 at Cache lake, July loth, 1900; doubtless a few breed. A few 

 observed along the east coast of James bay in 1904. (Spread- 

 borough.) Reaching us about the middle of May, these birds are so 

 secretive in their habits that it is very difficult to make an accurate 

 calculation of their numbers but a careful observer will usually see 

 a few specimens each season. They visit us here in Toronto on the 



