Birds of Dead River Region, Me, F. H, O. 
50. Zonotricliia 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 the 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 Are 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 witli 
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. 148 
Notes- Birds of Grand Manan. 
Chas. H.. Andror. 
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 flety 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 
found when in company with Mr. Cheney, 
differed in many particulars from the preced- 
ing account of the Eastport one. This latter 
nest was on the ground in a small clearing in a 
large swamp, and the bird was detected in slyly 
and swiftly running from the nest, and very 
contrary to its usual habits, no exhibition of 
concern on the part of the parent was given, 
and no bird was seen after leaving the nest. 
To judge of actions of this species, from the 
two extremes above given, needs broad expo- 
TIPTIPP 
F. H. Carpenter. 
O.&O. XII. Oot. 1887 p. /?/ 
:ed Sparrow 
ne (1888) I 
i 1 singing in 
Wakefield, Mass. ; and on the i6th 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. Ault, V, Oct. , 1888. P. 
™ , £ zd. ^ *2 , rj / 
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On the 13th of June, 1874, I found a nest, containing four eggs, 
of Zonotricliia 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. 
BulLN.O.O. 4, April, 1879, p. /O 7. 
* Hist. N. A. Birds, Vol. I, p. 575. 
Notes from Taftsville, Vt. 
June 21st, I found a nest of the mute- 
throated SJ2HE2A’ {Zonotricliia albicollis) 
containing four fresh eggs, and u y 
another containing three. Both nests were 
constructed of dried leaves, weeds and 
grasses, lined with finer grass, andboth 
were placed on the ground m slight de 
pressions. They are a little larger than the 
Pests 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. , 
largest of the seven measures .89X - te, me 
smallest .83X-73. 
It is probable that both nests belonged 
to the same pair of birds. 
O.&O. IX. Sept. 1884. p. 
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. Haeuber 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 incubation. Unfortunate- 
ly neither nest nor bird was secured, Mr. H. not being then aware of the 
' * his find ; but he says the identification is beyond all doubt, as he 
e parent bird from the nest, and she, alighting frequently within 
, gave him every advantage in observing her. — F. C. Browne, 
am, Mass. 
53. 
Bull N. O.O. 5, Jan., 1880, P. 
also took a set of White-throated „ Sparrow 
O.&O. IX. Jan. 1884. p. O’ 
