Vol. XIX 



190; 



I General Notes. oC 



point. Under date of June 25, 1895 (Londonderry, Vt.), I find: "In 

 Chapman's new ' Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North America,' Dr. 

 Dwight gives ee-zee-e-iip as the song of E. traillii [ = E. t. alnorum]. Hear- 

 ing the song at a distance this sinnmer I preferred Mr. Brewster's render- 

 ing ke-wing, but, getting nearer to-day, I find Dr. Dwight's a pretty exact 

 rendering, though I myself should put it xvee-zei-up, the up very faint." 

 (If it were not superfluous, I should like to compliment Dr. Dwight on 

 the felicity of his descriptions and syllabifications of bird-songs.) 



The other passage is dated at Willoughby Lake, Vt., June iS, 1896 : " In 

 a swampy place southeast of the house I saw two Empidonax traillii alno- 

 rtim, one of which, perhaps the male, had an emphatic k''weet which was 

 new to me." I may add that I was no nearer this bird than I have often 

 been, both before and since, to others uttering the familiar two-syllabled 

 song-note, and the difference between the two notes was so marked that 

 there could have been no confusing them. — Francis H. Allen, West 

 Roxbury, Mass. 



The Correct Name for the Canadian Pine Grosbeak. — Ca7iadcnsis 

 (Bi-elim, 1S31), as the subspecific name for the eastern Pine Grosbeak is 

 long antedated by Loxia leucurn of Miiller (VoUs. Natursyst. Suppl.- 

 und Register-Band, 1776, 150), whose name, based on Buffon's PI. Enl. 

 135, fig. I, will have to be recognized. This form should properly be 

 called Piuicola enucleator lenciira (Miiller). — Chas. W. Richmond, 

 Washington, D. C. 



The Labrador Savanna Sparrow. — I ha\e, since describing Passercu- 

 lus savatina lahradoritts, learned more from various sources of its range, 

 habits, and migrations which seem of interest to present. 



The species inhabits Labrador as far north ceitainly as Port Manvers, 

 and probably further — though the bird is apparently most common on 

 the southern Labrador. It is known as the 'Chipbird,' as are most of 

 the small sparrows in the north, and is mentioned by all, I think, of the 

 writers on the Labrador avifauna. I have examined nearly a hundred or 

 more specimens of Passercultcs s. savaima from Newfoundland and south- 

 ward since describing the race, with the result that I find Newfoundland 

 and Cape Breton birds approach most closelv the Labrador race in measure- 

 ments, as would be expected, one bird in particular from Cape Breton 

 measuring, Aving 2. 87, bill .39 X .24, which slightly overlaps the smallest 

 Labrador bird measured. Two other specimens from Labrador have also 

 been sent me from Bowdoin College, taken on the expedition to Labrador 

 in 1S91. Both birds, one a male, and one unsexed, were taken at Cha- 

 teau Bay on July 14 and are in very worn breeding plumage. The male 

 measures, wing 2.86, tail 1.83, tarsus .S3, bill .42 X .25. The other, wing 

 2.75, tail 1.87, tarsus .80, bill .41 X .24. On the migrations an occasion- 

 ally very large Savanna Sparrow has been noticed by observers and 

 collectors, which are referable to this form, and I have in mv collection 



