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in southern Labrador in spring and fall but did not find it in numbers. 

 Coues says: "Not as abundant as might be expected." Low says 

 it is "common at Lake Mistassini, and upper Hamilton River. Seen 

 May 29th. Eggs June 27th." Packard recorded that it is not seen 

 in the Ungava district, but is common in eastern and southern portions 

 of Labrador and breeds at Davis Inlet and Rigolet. Macoun records 

 a "pair breeding at Fort George; only seen twice in crossing Ungava 

 from Richmond Gulf to Fort Chimo (Spreadborough) Abun- 

 dant in summer at Lake Mistassini." Bigelow says it is "locally 

 common as far as the tree line, particularly at Aillik," and Kumlien 

 records "one obtained on shipboard off Belle Isle, October, 1878." 

 Mr. Schmitt told us that a few bred at Nain the end of June. 



We saw very few Juncos in Labrador and only at Cartwright and 

 Rigolet. At the former place on July 17th, we saw two, at the latter 

 on July 18th, we saw about eight, one of which, an adult male, we 

 procured. We submitted this bird to Dr. J. Dwight, Jr., who found 

 it a typical hyemalis. 



Melospiza cinerea melodia (Wils.). 

 Song Sparrow. 



Uncommon summer resident in southwestern part. 



The only locality recorded for this bird in Labrador is Lake Mistas- 

 sini. Low states it is "common at Lake Mistassini" and that it 

 arrives there the last of May. Thinking that Lincoln's Sparrow 

 might have been mistaken for the Song Sparrow, we wrote to Dr. J. 

 Macoun who replied under date of March 13, 1906, as follows: "My 

 son who was at Lake Mistassini .... says that the Song Sparrow was 

 a common bird there and not Lincoln's Sparrow." 



The Song Sparrow probably occurs elsewhere in southwestern 

 Labrador as Merriam lists it as "a rather common summer resident" 

 at Point des Monts. 



Melospiza lincolnii (And.). 



Lincoln's Sparrow. 



Common summer resident in southern part. 



The discovery of this sparrow is recorded by Audubon in his Labra- 



