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Elizabeth, March 15. New Brunswick — Grand Manan, March 26. 

 Nova Scotia — Sumnierville, April 1. 



Late dates of spring departure are: Georgia — Cumberland Island, 

 April 14. South Carolina — Charleston, April 8. Virginia — Cobb 

 Island, March 13. Maiyland — Gibson Island, April 15. New 

 Jersey — Cape May, April 12. New York — Long Beach, April 25. 

 Massachusetts — North Truro, April 22. New Brunswick — Kent 

 Island, May 7. 



Early dates of fall arrival are: Nova Scotia — Martinique Beach, 

 September 24. Maine — Scarborough, October 1. Connecticut — 

 West Haven, October 19. New York — Long Island, October 23. 

 New Jersey — Cape May, October 23. Maryland — Worcester County, 

 November 9. Virginia — Cobb Island, November 22. North Caro- 

 lina — Cape Hatteras, November 4. South Carolina — Charleston, 

 November 3 (median of 10 years, November 20). 



Late dates of fall departure are: Nova Scotia — Grand Pre, Novem- 

 ber 28. Maine — Scarborough, November 27. 



Egg dates. — Sable Island, Nova Scotia: 5 records, June 4 to June 11. 



PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS LABRADORIUS Howe 



Labrador Savannah Sparrow 



Contributed by James Baird 



Habits 



This dark northeastern race of the Savannah sparrow breeds from 

 northeastern Quebec and Labrador south to southeastern Quebec 

 (Anticosti Island), Newfoundland, and the St. PieiTe and Miquelon 

 Islands. It would appear, however, that lahradorius is not equally 

 plentiful over the whole of this territory. 



It has been referred to as abundant along the Labrador coast 

 (Austin, 1932; Todd, MS.), in Newfoundland (Petei-s and Burleigh, 

 1951a), and on the St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands (Peters and 

 Burleigh, 1951b). That it is less abundant in the interior can be 

 seen in the reports of Godfrey (1949), who considered the Savannah 

 sparrow only a migrant in the Lake Mistassini and Lake Albanel 

 region of Quebec; of Harper (1958) who investigated the area around 

 Knob Lake in 1953 and found only one bird; and of Clement and 

 Baird who in 1958 worked the same area and found only 13 birds, 

 with no more than two pairs per bog, regardless of the size of the 

 bog. 



Todd (1963) summarizes the situation well: "The Savannah sparrow 

 appears to have a wide but peculiar distribution in the Labrador 

 Peninsula. The race lahradorius is * * * primarily a coastal bird in 



