264 NOTES ON BIRDS PALMER. 



Acanthis linaria (Liun.). Redpoll. 



A flock of nine bird.s were found on Funk Island feeding upon the 

 short grass, and when disturbed, seeking shelter under the large bowl- 

 ders and overhanging rocks. A number were also seen at Twillingate 

 and Canada Bay in the vicinity of houses. 



Spinus pinus (Wils.). Pine Siskin. 



Very abundant at the Magdalen Islands and in Newfoundland. Sev- 

 eral came aboard on rainy occasions when several miles from land; at 

 St. John's they were very abundant, usually in flocks about the road- 

 side and fences. 



Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.). Savanna Sparrow. 



Very abundant at all places visited. This bird would seem to take 

 the place in the Magdalen Islands and IS^ewfoundland of all the small 

 si)arrows so common in the States. In the fields and waste places and 

 about the houses one could always find this interesting species Al- 

 most the only bird song heard on the voyage weie the exquisite tril- 

 ling notes of this species; perched upon a roadside fence or top of a 

 solitary bush, they would burst forth with their peculiar song, and the 

 next moment dart headlong into the nearest bunch of long grass, rap- 

 idly making their way for some distance and then peering out or hop- 

 ping to the center of a little elevation and looking back to see what 

 caused the alarm. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst. ). White-crowned Sparrow. 



Only seen at Black Bay, Labrador, where they were (]uite abundant. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). White-throated Sparrow. 



Common everywhere, generally about bushy jdaces, and especially 

 about gardens, where they were complained of as a nuisance, scratch 

 ing out potatoes, etc. 



Spizella monticola (Gmel.). Tree Sparrow. 



Seen only at the Cloud Hills, Canada Bay, among the hills, in bushy 

 places and ravines, at an elevation of a thousand feet. 



Junco hyemalis Linn. Snow Bird. 

 A few at the Magdalens and but one at Mingan. 



Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). Swamp Sparrow. 

 Several found near St. John's, about thick bushes, in marshy places. 



Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox Sparrow. 



A verj' abundant bird at most jdaces visited, generally on low ground, 

 and usually about gardens, w here several might be seen at any time 

 scratching for worms, etc. 



