Birds of Dead Biver Region, Me. F^H 
50. Zonotrichia albicollis, (White-throated Spar- 
row). In spring this Sparrow was pretty evenly 
distributed, but by August they came in flocks 
around the camps and in Ihe tote roads. A nest 
found in the clearing at Tim Pond, a few rods 
from our log cabin, by my companion, contained 
on June 3d, four eggs. It was placed on, not in 
the ground, in a bramble of fire weed and black- 
berry vines, and was exceedingly bulky, being 
composed of grass and weed stalks, fine rootlets 
and horse hair, taken from the old lumber stables 
nearby. The eggs were heavily marked with 
dark brown on a greyish ground color. Several 
old nests were found in August. Their clear 
whistle of a song is well known. “They are 
rendered further conspicuous by the whistling 
sound of their wings when in flight.” 
O.&O. XI, Oct. 1886, p. 146 
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On the 13th of June, 1874, I found a nest, containing four eggs, 
of ZonotricMa albicollis in Scarborough, and subsequent observations 
have proved the species almost a common summer resident. It is 
perhaps more numerous in Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough than 
elsewhere, but is to be found, in suitable localities, quite throughout 
Cumberland County through the summer months. Its nesting in 
Massachusetts has been recorded,* but it has been regarded a repre- 
sentative of the Fauna of Northern New England and Canada. 
Bu&N.O.C. 4, April, 1876, p. /OT. 
Notes- Birds of Grand Manan. 
Ohas.H., Andros. 
White-throated Sparrow, ( Zonotricliia al- 
bicollis). This species was more conspic- 
uous than actually abundant, and its ring- 
ing note, a combination between a whistle 
and a song was very frequently heard 
at all hours of the day. A nest was found by 
Mr. F. W. Andros at Eastport, Maine on the 
afternoon of our arrival at that place. The 
nest was placed on the ground under some 
slight dead underbrush, on a rocky ledge. The 
birds evinced considerable alarm and flew un- 
easily about, uttering their loud metalic chink. 
This set numbered four, and was very uniform in 
color. At Grand Manan they were heard on 
every hand, but as previously stated, in no 
great numbers. They were, however, about 
the only bird which was evenly distributed 
over the entire area of the island, being heard 
and seen in all portions. 
Another nest of this Sparrow, which we 
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A Second Instance of the Breeding of the White-throated Sparrow 
in Eastern Massachusetts. — On the 13th and 14th of June (1888) I 
found a White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis) singing in 
Wakefield, Mass. ; and on the 16th and 17th, in the same spot (a bushy 
roadside swamp), I saw a female of the same species. The male was in 
full plumage, and the identification was absolute in every case. I saw 
nothing more of either bird, as I left home on the 18th and did not return 
till July 11 ; but the presence of the pair (within a radius of two or 
three rods) for five days in the middle of June would seem to leave no 
doubt of their breeding. The only previous record of such an occur- 
rence, so far as I am aware, is that of Mr. Browne, in the ‘Bulletin of 
the Nuttall Ornithological Club,’ Vol. V, p. 52. — Bradford Torrey, 
Melrose Highlands, Mass. Auk, V, Oct, , 1888. P. 
* Hist. N. A. Birds, Yol. I, p. 575. 
Notes from Taftsville, Vt. 
June 21st, I found a nest of the White- 
throated SjBSteS, {Zonotrichia albicollis), 
containing four fresh eggs, and July 3d, 
another containing three. Both nests wei e 
constructed of dried leaves, weeds and 
grasses, lined with finer grass, an o 1 
were placed on the ground m slight de 
pressions. They are a little larger than the 
nests of the Song Sparrow, ( Melospiza 
fasciata), but closely resemble some of the 
latter. The eggs are greyish white 
marked with confluent blotches and spots of 
different shades of brown and lilac. llie 
largest of the seven measures .8JX - 13, me 
smallest .83X-73- 
It is probable that both nests belonged 
to the same pair of birds. 
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O.&O, IX. sept. 1884. p. /etyA/of 
Zonotrichia albicollis nesting in Eastern Massachusetts. I 
have lately seen a set of eggs of the White-throated Sparrow obtained in 
this vicinity, and interviewed the collector, Mr. E. Ilaeuber of this place. 
The locality was the southeast part of Framingham, near the Natick line. 
The location was a tussock in a rather wet meadow, adjoining a wooded 
swamp fringed with alders. The eggs, four in number, were taken early 
in June, 1874, and were somewhat advanced in incubaiion. Unfortunate- 
ly neither nest nor bird was secured, Mr. H. not being then aware of the 
" ' [is find ; but he says the identification is beyond all doubt, as he 
parent bird from the nest, and she, alighting frequently within 
gave him every advantage in observing her. — F. C. Browne, 
Mass. 
Bull N. O.O. 5. Jan., 1880, P. 62 - 
also took a set of White-throated 1 8 8^ 
O.&O. IX. Jan. 1884. p . lie 
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