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Cram writes me that it occurs through the winter months at 

 Hampton Falls, and Mr. C. F. Goodhue ('85) records it as a 

 winter bird at Webster. I do not know of its wintering farther 

 north, though Frank Bolles ('93b) records a flock seen on Bear 

 Mountain on Dec. 21, 1891. The birds arrive on their breeding 

 grounds among the White Mountains before the snow is off, 

 and I have observed the males in mid- April singing among the 

 stunted growth on the summit of Mt. Chocorua as though com- 

 pletely at home and settled for the season. Young, just hatched, 

 were observed at Jackson on June 16, 1902. 



182. Melospiza melodia ( Wils.). SONG SPARROW. 



A common summer resident throughout the Transition re- 

 gions, breeding as high up at least as 2,000 feet among the 

 White Mountains, in more or less cleared areas. Dr. A. P. 

 Chadbourne ('87) records having seen a single bird "on the 

 bare rocks at an altitude of 5,340 feet on Mt. Washington " on 

 July 6, 1886, and he suggests that it may have nested some- 

 where near. Mr. C. J. Maynard ('72) records its breeding at 

 Lake Umbagog the last of May, and adds that he has seen the 

 bird in Coos County "the first week in November, when the 

 snow was on the ground." During September large flocks 

 often gather about the weed patches in the lowlands, or swarm 

 in the swampy thickets preparatory to migrating southward. 

 Doubtless a few winter in the southeastern portions of the state, 

 but actual records are unavailable. 

 Dates : March 9 to December. 



183. Melospiza lincolnii (Aud.). LINCOLN'S SPARROW. 

 A migrant, apparently rare in spring, but rather common in 



fall. Owing to its inconspicuous dress and retiring habits it is 

 very frequently overlooked. On the Saco meadows at Inter- 

 vale, I have observed it in the fall migration as early as Sep- 

 tember 7, on which date, in 1899, two birds were seen by Mr. 

 R. H. Howe, Junior, and myself, one bird being taken. After 

 this date, from one to as many as five were seen almost daily 

 throughout the month. Often one or two individuals are found 

 in company with the large flocks of Song Sparrows which at 



