^1'- ^^] General Notes. 2 I 5 



insects, as the trees in the garden had been sprayed and I feared giving 

 them poisoned food. 



The old birds partly masticated the worms and fed them to the joung 

 bird in the form of pellets. On the 5th of August the young Grosbeak 

 had its eyes open and seemed to be thriving on the food given it. On 

 the 13th I found it had left the nest, and I replaced it. I fancy from this 

 time the old birds began to neglect it, as they started to moult. On the 

 15th I noticed that the bird w^as not being properly cared for and I had to 

 replace it in the nest at night. The first time it resumed its place in the 

 nest it was covered by the female, but other nights it sat on the edge of 

 the nest, the parents roosting beside it. It would not consent to being fed 

 by me, and died on the i6th. The old birds were not at all disconcerted 

 at its loss, and I noticed a lessening of the number of worms consumed, 

 and very soon the normal food of seeds was resumed. Later on the birds 

 removed the lining from the nest and finally threw down the remainder. 

 The young bird's call for food was never loud. 



Descriptioji of yoicng bird, sixteen days old. — Downy neossoptiles still 

 adhered to the tips of feathers. Above smoky brown bases of feathers 

 lighter, giving the back a mottled appearance; top of head darker; fore- 

 head creamy brown ; bare space in front of eye (lores) black. Under- 

 neath creamy brown ; under tail-coverts white; tail (two thirds grown) 

 marked as in adult female; wings black; primaries (partly grown) edged 

 on outer side with creamy white; three outermost quills black; second- 

 aries and greater wing-coverts with broad markings of white, the coverts 

 showing a tinge of yellow. Bill greenish horn ; feet flesh-color. 



Length 114. mm.; wing 64. mm.; tail 19. mm. 



Sex, a male as nearly as could be determined; decomposition was very 

 rapid which, together with the age, made the sexing uncertain. Much of 

 the down was lost in skinning, from the same cause. 



Description of eggs. — Ground color a clear blue, having distinct spots, 

 almost blotches, of black distributed sparingly about the middle, leaving 

 the smaller end clear, or almost so, the larger end more or less thinly 

 covered with small spots, blotches, and penciled markings of black, 

 accompanied more sparingly by the same markings in a washed or indis- 

 tinct brown; a few markings of the same about the middle. Measure- 

 inents: No. 1, 23 X 16 mm.; No. 2, 24 X 17 mm.; No. 3, 26 X 17 mm. 



No. I had a very weak shell and was empty or nearly so ; No. 2, like 

 No. I in markings, both eggs having less of the heavy markings about 

 the middle. No. 3 and 4 are like the second set and probably typical. — 

 J. \\. Fleming, Toronto, Ontario. 



A Further Note on the Subspecies of Passerculus sandwichensis 

 inhabiting Labrador. — ^ Mr. J. D. Sornborger lent me some time ago for 

 examination three specimens of Passerculus from Labrador. Two are 

 from Okak, and one from Hopedale. As they are not sexed they do 

 not serve to amplify the data in regard to the sexual range of size the 

 race shows. 



