A Further Note on the Subspecies of Passerculus sandwichensis 
inhabiting Labrador. — Mr. J. D. Sornborger lent me sometime ago for 
examination three specimens of Passerculus from Labrador. Two are 
from Okak, and one from Hopedale. As they are not sexed they do 
not serve to amplify the data in regard to the sexual range of size the 
race shows. 
No. 1451 (52), taken at Hopedale by W. W. Perrett in 1898, in slightly 
worn plumages, measures, wing, 2.75; tail, 1.86; tarsus, .80; bill, .41 X .42. 
No. 1452 (55), taken at Okak by C. Schmitt on July 6, 1896, in 
unworn plumage, measures, wing, 2.90; tail, 1.95; tarsus, .84; bill, .40 X .26. 
No. 1453, taken at Okak by C. Schmitt on June 29, 1897, in worn plum- 
age, measures, wing, 2.56 ; tail, 1.87; tarsus, .80; bill, .39 X -24. 
It was pointed out by Dr. Allen in 1871 ( Winter Birds of Florida) that 
Savanna Sparrows show tremendous individual variation, which is by 
the way true to a great degree in all Fringillidai, and he tabulated the 
measurements of twenty-six breeding specimens from Massachusetts 
which showed a range of wing measurement from 2.44 to 2.95, only two 
of which, both males, however, measured over 2.80, and these two, Nos. 
5092 and 5096 in the collection of the Museum of Comp. Zoology, I have 
remeasured, and had my measurements checked, and find they now 
measure 2.90 and 2.62 respectively. Of some hundreds of measurements 
published by others, and taken from fresh and dried skins, I have yet to 
find but this one bird from south of Labrador whose wing measurement 
overlaps sexed Labrador specimens. 
The range of wing measurements shown by Labrador specimens which 
I have examined is as follows: — males, 2.86-2.93; female, 2.67'. 
Unsexed, including immature, 2.56 (worn), 2.75-2.90. 
I present these facts not to help prove the validness of the race in the 
face of the A. O. U. Committee’s ruling, for recognition of subspecies 
unfortunately is often, if not generally a matter of personal opinion and 
judgment, but I present them simply as facts. — Reginald Heber 
Howe, Jr., Concord , Mass. Auk, XX, Apr., 1903 , J?f> - -?/ S ' 1 (>■ 
1 Specimen kindly loaned by Mr. W. E. Clyde Todd, No. 393, Carnegie 
Museum, taken at Nain, Aug. 26, 1901, by D. A. Atkinson. Appreciably 
larger than the average of southern females. 
204 . Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Savanna Sparrow. 
— Common summer resident, April 5 to October 16 ; breeds (May 31 to 
June 23 ). 
