CATALOGUE. 45 
34. SPIZELLA SOCIALIS, (Wils.) Bp. 
(CHIPPING SPARROW.) 
One specimen taken. It may have been a straggler, but 
‘I am inclined to think that a few pairs breed on the islands 
every year. 
35. ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS, (Gm.) Bp. 
(WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.) 
A common summer visitor. It was abundant on Grind- 
stone and Amherst Islands. | 
Oftentimes, after a long tramp, I have rested myself under 
some tree, and there, in the concealment of its drooping 
branches, have listened with pleasure to two or three of these 
birds piping their pretty little whistles, one after the other, 
sometimes each in a different key. Whistle three notes of a 
chord, beginning with the lowest, and repeating the last 
three or four times; some idea of their notes may thus be 
obtained ; but only those who have had the pleasure of hear- 
