CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 543 
as far eastward as Cook inlet. (Turner.) Abundant at Unalaska, 
October 5th to 7th, 1899, frequenting the roofs of buildings, lumber 
piles, wharfs, beaches and weeds of the level country. (Bzshop.) 
Ten specimens were taken at Sand point, Popof island, October 2oth, 
1901 by Figgins. This sparrow is fairly common on Popof island, 
where it is resident. (Chapman.) 
583. Lincoln Sparrow. 
Melospiza lincolnu (Aup.) Barrp. 1858. 
Rare at Fort Chimo, Labrador; a male obtained June roth, 
1883; common in southern portions. Drexler found it at Moose 
Factory, May 23rd, 1860. (Packard.) Common along the north- 
eastern coast of Labrador. A characteristic bird of the wooded 
parts of the coast as far north as Hamilton inlet. (Bzgelow.) Not 
an uncommon inland summer resident in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 
A pair was found breeding at Brackley point, Prince Edward island, 
June 26th, 1888. (Macoun.) Breeding in some abundance on 
both shores of the Gut of Canso, N.S. (Brewster.) A rare summer 
resident at Scotch Lake, York county, N.B.; taken in 1899 at 
Fredericton where it undoubtedly breeds. (W.H. Moore.) Taken 
at Beauport, near Quebec; an uncommon migrant. (Dvonne.) 
A casual at Ottawa; a male of this species was shot, 16th May, 
1884, near the east end of the city by Mr. G. R. White. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Have occasionally met with this bird in the 
county of Leeds, Ont.,also once near Sharbot lake, Ont. It arrives 
early, before the song sparrow, and commences nesting, the end of 
April. I have found the nest several times, always on the ground 
in rough places. The last nest was under a small spruce, built in 
moss. The eggs are slightly smaller than the song sparrow’s, and 
the nest is lined with fine grass. A few breed on the Magdalen 
islands where the song sparrow seems to be very rare. (Rev. C. J. 
Young.) Apparently rare in the Algonquin park, Ont.; shot one 
at Cache lake, July 1oth, 1900; doubtless a few breed. A few 
observed along the east coast of James bay in 1904. (Spread- 
borough.) Reaching us about the middle of May, these birds are so 
secretive in their habits that it is very difficult to make an accurate 
calculation of their numbers but a careful observer will usually see 
a few specimens each season. They visit us here in Toronto on the 
