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abundantly in the neighborhood of the city. They go in flocks. They 

 must breed late in the season, as I had the young with the downy feathers 

 attached to their heads during the depth of winter. 



AMPELIS CEDRORUM. Common. Breeds. 



COLLYRIO BOREALIS. Arrives early in Spring. I think they go to 

 high latitudes to breed. The specimens which I procure are either in spring 

 or fall plumage. 



VIREO OLIVACEUS. Not common. Breeds. 



MIMUS CAROLINENSIS. Not common. Breeds. 



TROGLODYTES HYEMALIS. Common. Breeds. 



CERTHIA AMERICANA. Common. Breeds. 



SITTA CANADENSIS. Common in summer and winter. Breeds. 



PARUS ATRICAPILLUS. Common. Breeds. 



P. HODSONICUS. Arrives about the middle of September from the 

 North, and remains until the snow falls. It has not been found breeding in 

 this locality. They go in flocks, like the former species. 



EREMOPKILA CORNUTA. This Lark arrives here in the month of Sep- 

 tember. It gathers in flocks, which remain until the snow falls. It breeds 

 in Labrador. 



PINICOLA CANADENSIS. Arrives from the North, sometimes in com 

 pany with the Bohemian Waxwing, and feeds on the same berries. They 

 frequently remain during winter. 



CARPODACUS PURPUREUS. Common. Breeds. 

 CHRYSOMITRIS TRISTIS. Common. Breeds. 

 C. PINUS . Sometimes common in winter. 



CURVIROSTRA AMERICANA. Sometimes very abundant in winter. I 

 am told it breeds in Nova Scotia. 



C. LEU COPTER A. Very numerous during winter. Breeds in Labrador. 



JEGIOTHUS LINARIA. Common in the fall. Breeds in Labrador and 

 Northern Newfoundland. 



PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS. Common in winter. Breeds in Labrador. 

 POOCJETES GRAMINEUS. Common. Breeds. 

 ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS. Common. Breeds. 

 Z. ALBICOLLIS. Common. Breeds. 

 JUNCO HYEMALIS. Common. Breeds. 



SPIZELLA MONTICOLA. This species goes far north to breed, probably 

 Labrador. It returns in the fall. 



