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38. Melospiza lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. — The last one seen at 

 Forteau in 1912 was on September 11. 



39. Passerella iliaca iliaca. Fox Sparrow. — The last were seen 

 at the head of Chateau Bay September 15, 1912, and on the coast of New- 

 foundland, near Flowers Cove, September 10, 1913. The first was heard 

 on Sandwich Bay, May 5, 1915. 



40. Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. — The first 

 record for Labrador is that of one seen at Sandwich Bay June 2-4, 1915. 

 It was undoubtedly a straggler for the species had not previously been 

 known northeast of Anticosti Island. 



41. Dendroica sestiva sestiva. Yellow Warbler.— The only 

 previous record of a Yellow Warbler on the eastern coast of Labrador 

 seems to be that of the one taken on Hamilton Inlet, Spetember 1, 1905. 

 To this record can now be added that of a pair seen at Sandwich Bay June 

 6, 1915. 



42. Dendroica coronata. Myrtle Warbler. — The earhest war- 

 blers to appear at Sandwich Bay the spring of 1915 were about a dozen 

 Myrtle Warblers that arrived May 24. 



43. Dendroica striata. Black-poll Warbler. — The fu-st were 

 noted at Battle Harbor, June 6, 1913, and at Sandwich Bay May 27, 1915. 

 This is a good example of the fact that a late migrant advances on the 

 average more miles per day than an early migrant. The Black-poll 

 Warbler arrived at Sandwich Bay in 1915 only thi-ee days later than the 

 Myrtle Warbler, though it arrives at Washington, D. C, on the average 

 more than thii-ty days behind the latter. It is also interesting to note in 

 this connection that, assuming May 5 as the average date of arrival at 

 Washington, the Black-poll Warbler occupies about twenty-five days in 

 passing over the fifteen hundred miles thence to the Labrador coast, an 

 average of about sixty miles a day, while the Black-poll Warblers that are 

 to nest in Alaska are averaging more than a hundred and fifty miles a day 

 during this same part of May and by the end of the month reach Kotzebue 

 Sound a thousand miles farther north than Sandwich. 



44. Dendroica virens. Black-throated Green Warbler. — ■ The 

 list of the known birds of the east coast of Labrador has been increased by 

 the addition of the Black-throated Green Warbler, a specimen of which 

 was seen at Battle Harbor June 6, 1913. The most eastern previous 

 record was that of one at Eskimo Point. 



45. Anthus rubescens. Pipit. — The last was seen at Ticoralak in 

 1912 on October 11, and the first arrival the following spring at Battle 

 Harbor on May 16. 



46. Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — 

 One was seen at Sandwich Bay May 26, 1915. There seems to be only 

 one previous record of the species on the coast of eastern Labrador and that 

 was at Rigolet on August 6, 1860. 



47. Planesticus migratorius migratorius. Robin. — The last 

 was seen at Forteau September 11, 1912, and the first at Sandwich Bay 

 May 1, 1915 



