CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 5II 



August 5, 1 found the nest. It was under a dwarf birch, was made 

 of grass and resembled the nest of the white-throated sparrow. It 

 contained three young ready to fly. {E. T. Seton.) 



554. White-Growned Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.) Swains. 1831. 



Seems to be confined to southern Greenland ; not numerous but 

 certainly a breeding bird, though its nest has not yet been found in 

 the country. * {Arct. Man.) Very plentiful throughout eastern La- 

 brador; breeds abundantly at Fort Chimo. (Packard.) Not obser- 

 ved on James bay until a short distance north of Fort George when 

 they became common; very abundant from Richmond gulf across 

 Ungava to Fort Chimo. (Spreadborough.) Two specimens taken 

 at Chateau bay, Labrador, July 14th, 1891. (Norton.) A common 

 summer resident in Newfoundland. (Reeks.) The most abundant 

 land bird in northeastern Labrador ; common wherever there was any 

 spruce scrub. (Bigelow.) I have six nests and eggs of this bird taken 

 at Nachvak and Whale river, Ungava. (yV. Raine.) In numbers on 

 Sable Island,N.S., May 25, r905;oneseenMay 13, 1907. (J.Bouielier.) 

 A very common summer resident in New Brunswick ; occurs more 

 frequently at Grand Manan during migration. (Chamberlain.) A 

 tolerably common spring and autumn migrant at Scotch Lake, York 

 county, N.B. (W. H. Moore.} Common at Lake Mistassini, northern 

 Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; summer migrant in 

 eastern Quebed. (Dionne.) A scarce transient visitor at Montreal, 

 both in spring and autumn. (Wintle.) First seen at York Factory, 

 Hudson bay where it was abundant and where a small series, includ- 

 ing old of both sexes, and young just from the nest, was taken, 

 July 12th to 14th. About the post at Churchill it was extremely- 

 abundant July 23rd to 30th, but after passing north of that point 

 we saw no more until our return when ascending Hayes River. 

 (Preble.) York Factory, Hudson bay. (Dr: R. Bell.) Fort Church- 

 ill, Hudson bay. (Clarke.) 



A common migrant in spring and fall at Ottawa. (Ottawa Natur- 

 alist, Vol. V.) A sparrow that I have never seen in Ontario in sum- 

 mer; neither did I observe it in June or July on the Magdalen islands. 

 It commonly arrives in Ontario about the 15th of May, and is plen- 

 tiful by the 19th. It is very tame, frequenting wood-piles and 



