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four eggs, taken at Gasperaux, N.S., May 22nd,' 1898, by Mr. H. 

 F. Tufts ; nest of dried grass sunk into the si:le of a grassy 

 mound in a swamp. 



CCVI. PASSERELLA Swainson. 1837. 



585. Pox Sparrow. 



Passerella iliaca (Merr.) Swains. 1837. 



Common in the southern part of Labrador ; young obtained at 

 Rigolet late in June and early in July 1882. ' {^Packard.) Common 

 from some distance up the Moose River to Richmond Gulf ; none 

 observed when crossing Ungava; young able to fly July ist, 1896. 

 {Sfireadborough.) Common along the southern coast of Labrador; 

 we found it as far north as Aillik. {Bigelow.) A summer mig- 

 rant on Newfoundland and very common. {Reeks.) Two young 

 birds seen August 17th, 1899, along the Humber River, Newfound- 

 land. {Louis H. Porter.) Common during the spring and autumn 

 migrations inNova Scotia. {Dowm.) One individual seen on Sable 

 Island, N.S., April 20th, 1902, and a flock on October 4th. 

 {James Bouteillier^ Female shot at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 

 May i8th, 1902 ; ovaries small ; may possibly breed. {C. R. 

 Harte.) A "flock of migrants was seen at Shulee, Cumberland 

 Co., N.S., March 29th ; they were in song. {Morrell.) Comr 

 mon in the spring migrations, rare in the autumn migrations at 

 St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A rare spring and autumn mig- 

 rant at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore.) Rather 

 common; breeding on the Magdalen Islands about the last of June. 

 {Bishop.) We found this sparrow among the Magdalens, on Anti- 

 costi and everywhere on the north shore of the gulf, breeding 

 abundantly. {Brewster.) Taken at Beauport; a migrant in east- 

 ern Quebec, but breeding on the Mingan Islands. {Dionne.) A 

 scarce and transient visitor in the vicinity of Montreal. {Wintle.) 



A moderately common migrant at Ottawa. {Ottawa Naturalist, 

 Vol. V.) I have shot this bird in the fall in the county of Leeds, 

 Ont. I found it on two occasions frequenting second growth 

 bush in old clearings. {Rev. C.J.Young.) Regarded as rare at Port 

 Sydney, in 1888, by Mr. Kay; reported as common on September 

 7th, 1896, at Beaumaris by Mr. Tavernier; both localities are in 

 Muskoka. {J. H. Fleming.) This species passes through Toronto 

 so rapidly in its spring migration that it is quite easy to overlook 



