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34. SPIZELLA SOCIALIS, {Wils.) Bp. 

 (Chipping Sparrow.) 



One specimen taken. It may have been a straggler, but 

 I am inclined to think that a few pairs breed on the islands 

 every year. 



35. ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLTS, (Gm.) Bp. 

 (White-throated Sparrow.) 



A common summer visitor. It was abundant on Grind- 

 stone and Amherst Islands. 



Oftentimes, after a long tramp, I have rested myself under 

 some tree, and there, in the concealment of its drooping 

 branches, have listened with pleasure to two or three of these 

 birds piping their pretty little whistles, one after the other, 

 sometimes each in a different key. Whistle three notes of a 

 chord, beginning with the lowest, and repeating the last 

 three or four times; some idea of their notes may thus be 

 obtained ; but only those who have had the pleasure of hear- 



