| Townsenp, In Audubon’s Labrador. es ¥ | 
The song of Lincoln’s Sparrow was to be heard everywhere. 
Audubon speaks of “the sweet notes of this bird as they came 
thrilling on the sense, surpassing in vigour those of any American 
Finch with which I was acquainted.” It is a song of considerable 
beauty and great range of theme. At times I have recognized the 
general character of the melody of the Song Sparrow, at times the 
jingling notes of the Winter Wren, at times the impassioned 
warble of a Purple Finch.. The song has generally a loud ringing 
character like the music of silver sleigh bells, with the interpolation 
of fine trills and deep flutelike notes. One bird I especially loved 
at Piashte Bay often ended his song with Oh mieux and occasion- 
ally followed it with an almost inaudible trill which sounded as if 
he were drawing in his breath after the supreme effort. It is an 
interesting and cheerful song, one which I always listened to with 
great pleasure. 
The elusive Tennessee Warbler was really abundant here and in 
full song, and on several occasions it so far forgot its shyness as to 
appear in plain sight. It is a curious fact and possibly points to 
the recent increase of this bird, that Audubon, who knew it in the 
south, did not find it here, for he says in his ‘Birds of America,’ 
“Of its migrations or place of breeding, I know nothing.”’ 
-I was glad to find a Piping Plover on the beach. Mr. Bent and I 
had seen a pair there in 1909 and I[ found a pair with young in 1912; 
this is apparently its most northern breeding point on the coast. I 
saw a Red-tailed Hawk as dark as the one I saw on the Little River 
of the Bear in 1912. I also saw a bittern that like the specimens in 
M. Beetz’ collection, looked dark. I was unfortunately unable to 
secure either of these birds, which appear to illustrate the dark 
tendencies in plumage of Labrador birds. 
The Fourth of July was hot for these parts, 62° in the shade at 
noon, and we found the last year’s mountain cranberries or graines 
rouges still on the vines very refreshing. The botanical products 
of this region are most interesting but can only be lightly touched 
on here. I have referred to them in my previous Labrador papers. 
It is evident both from the vegetation and the birds that Natash- 
quan is the boundary on the coast between the Hudsonian and 
Canadian regions to the west and the Subarctic coastal strip to the 
east. Another interest of the place was the Catholic Mission 
