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There is a long and somewhat mournful stress laid on the first note 

 of the song and a buzz, not easily expressed in words, comes in near 

 the end. We wrote the song down in various ways to memorize it as 

 more, wet-wetter-wet chSzee, or wheia, sorg a Ut-zee or wh.ee whit, 

 whittle-wee-dewhee, all of course very unsatisfactory. We saw full- 

 fledged young on July 28th. They are very plain, spotted birds with 

 but a faint grayish streak to suggest the glorious white crown of the 

 adult. 



Mr. Schmitt at Nain told us that this species arrived there on May 

 18th and laid eggs by the middle or end of June. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). 

 White-throated Sparrow. 



Common summer resident in southern part. 



Frazar thought this species arrived at Esquimaux Point on the 

 southern coast about May 20th. Stearns found them everywhere 

 common on the southern coast. Low reported them common at 

 Lake Mistassini where they arrived on May 20th, and on the Romakie 

 River. He heard them at Grand Falls, Hamilton River, which is the 

 farthest north of which we have record. 



We found four of these birds in the shelter of the woods at and near 

 Mary Harbor, St. Lewis Inlet, on July 12th, and three in the woods 

 near White Bear Bay, Cape Charles. In the woods of Cartwright 

 and Rigolet we did not find them. The birds we observed were in 

 full song. 



Spizella monticola (Gmel.). 

 Tree Sparrow. 



Common summer resident. 



Audubon failed to find the Tree Sparrow in Labrador and Stearns 

 speaks of it as occurring on the southern coast only in spring and fall. 

 He records the latest date as October 12th. Packard says it is "com- 

 mon throughout the entire country. Breeds plentifully at Fort 

 Chimo." Coues says it is "common in all wooded districts." Low 

 states that it is "common everywhere. Breeds in great numbers on 



