166 Cooke, Labrador Bird Notes. [x^u. 



28. Otocoris alpestris alpestris. Horned Lark. — The last one 

 noted in 1912 was at Ticoralak October 12, and the first returning migrant 

 was seen at Sandwich Bay, April 22, 1913. 



29. Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Blue Jay. — The known range of 

 this species was decidedly extended by the capture of a specimen in 1912 

 at Harrington on the south coast of Labrador near Romaine. It had not 

 been previously lecorded east of Mingan. 



30. Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. — The last one seen 

 in 1912 at Flowers Cove, Newfoundland, was seen on September 10. It 

 is there a common breeder. 



31. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow Bunting. — This species 

 is an abundant migrant at Battle Harbor, but does not breed there and is 

 rare through the winter. During the spring migration great numbers are 

 killed for food, as many as twenty being taken at a single shot. After 

 November 6, 1912, the only ones seen were one on December 29, 1912, and 

 one on February 15, 1913. The first song was heard May 1, 1913, when the 

 species was abundant, but most left the latter part of that month, the last 

 seen being three on May 31, and one the next day. 



32. Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus. Lapland Longspur. — 

 Neither breeding nor wintering at Battle Harbor, the first spring arrival 

 of the Lapland Longspur was noted there May 13, 1913. 



33. Passerherbulus sandwichensis savanna. Savannah Spar- 

 row. — The last record made of a Savannah Sparrow at Battle Harbor 

 was on September 12, 1912, when the species was still common. The first 

 arrived the next spring on May 15. 



34. Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys. White-crowned Spar- 

 row. — An abundant breeder on the Labrador coast. The last was seen at 

 Forteau September 11, 1912, and the first at Battle Harbor May 22, 1913, 

 and at Sandwich Bay May 28, 1915. 



35. Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow. — There 

 seems to be no published record of the occurrence of the White-throated 

 Sparrow on the Labrador coast north of Battle Harbor. It is rare there, 

 and the first arrived May 19, 1913, and several were heard May 22. The 

 last was heard in 1912 at Forteau on September 11. 



36. Spizella monticola monticola. Tree Sparrow.— This spe- 

 cies was abundant in migration at Forteau, September 11, 1912. It 

 seldom nests on the coast, but is a common breeder in the wooded country 

 inland, nesting for the most part on the ground and occasionally in the 

 trees. The first arrived at Battle Harbor in 1913 on May 15. 



37. Junco hyemalis hyemalis. Slate-colored Junco. — Labrador 

 is much too cold for the Junco or " snowbird " to winter and in the Sand- 

 wich Bay district it is not common at any time. One was seen at Lewis 

 Bay August 13, 1912, and one at Rigolet September 30, 1912. The follow- 

 ing spring a single bird appeared at Battle Harbor on the unusual date of 

 April 16, and a few were seen for ten days; then they disappeared and were 

 not noted again until their usual time of arrival the middle of May. In 

 1915 the first appeared at Sandwich Bay on May 12. 



