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Chime. {Spreadborough.) Taken at Disco, Greenland, where 

 they were breeding 1891. Common in northeastern Labrador 

 after August 3rd. Breed about Nachvak and northwest to 

 Hudson Strait. South of Nachvak they occur only as migrants. 

 ( Witmer Stone.) Rather common 10 miles north of Fort Churchill, 

 on the shores of Button Bay, where an immature bird was taken 

 July 31st, igoo. Abundant on the " barren grounds " south of Cape 

 Eskimo, August 4th. {Edward A. Prebles.) Not uncommon in 

 Newfoundland. {Reeks.) Some specimens shot at Cole Harbor, 

 Nova Scotia. {Dowtis) Occurs in winter at Grand Manan, New 

 Brunswick. {Chamberlain^ Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke) 

 Only one specimen taken at Prince of Wales Sound, Hudson 

 Strait, on May 14th, 1885; none others were seen. {Payne) 

 Taken at Beauport ; a winter resident in eastern Quebec. 

 {Dionne.) A rare winter visitant at Montreal. This species is 

 occasionally found mixing with the snowflake. {Wintle.) 



This species was first recorded at Ottawa, Ont., in the spring of 

 1890, when in company with horned larks and snowflakes. It 

 remained in the flocks till May 25th. It was present again in 

 the fall from Oct. 3rd to Nov. i8th. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. 

 V.) The only record I am aware of is that of a flock reported 

 by Mr. Wm. Melville at Gravenhurst, Ont, on April 27th, 1890. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) In April, 1897, I met with a small flock of 

 these birds at Toronto and took two or three males in grand 

 plumage; in winter they more commonly appear in company 

 with the snowflakes. (/. Hughes-Samuel) Sometimes quite 

 common in the spring migrations along Lake St. Clair, but very' 

 rare near London; only three or four specimens all told have 

 been observed. {W. E. Saunders.) 



One specimen shot on Mouse River (Souris), Dak., October ist, 

 1873. The first of the southern migration. {Coues.) Very abun- 

 dant spring and fall migrant wherever there is prairie or cleared 

 country. They come in countless numbers about the middle of 

 May and remain to the end of the month. After this time they 

 go northwest to breed and return again about the last week in 

 September. They remain about two weeks in the stubble fields 

 and then pass southward. {Thompson-Seton.) Very abundant at 

 Indian Head, Assa., in the spring and fall migrations ; last of 

 them seen at the end of May, 1892; on April 25th, 1894, a small 



