Birds of Upper St, John. 
Batcheider. 
47. Melospiza palustris ( Wils .) Bd. Swamp Sparrow. — “Not 
common” at Houlton. Not found at Fort Fairfield or Grand Falls. 
Bull. N. O.O. 7, July, 1882.P.148 
Summer Birds of Brae D’Or Region 
Cape Breton Id,, N.S. J. Dwight, Jr. 
39. M. georgiana. 
Aak, 4, Jan., 1887. p.16 
Swamp Sparrow ( Melospiza palustris ). May 
27 . 
O.&O. XIII. Mar. 1888 p.45 
£,irua of Magdalen Islands. 
Dr. L.B. Bishop. 
45. Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow.— Not as common as 
the last. A pair were found breeding in a small swamp on Grindstone 
July 14, and several others seen later. The male of the pair taken 
July 14, inclined to melanism in plumage and had a black spot .95 inch 
long by .45 broad on the right side of the breast. The female was an un- 
usually small specimen, the wing measuring 2. 16 and the tail 2.28 inches. 
Ault, VI- 2 *prju, 18bw. P. 148 
Summer Bds. Restigouehe Valley, N.B, 
July,*88. J. Brittain and P. Cox, Jr. 
Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow.— R are. 
Auk, VI. April, 1889. p.118 
Birds of Sudbury, Out. 
A.jS.Alberger. 
584 . Swamp Sparrow. 
Common. Bre 
0 4 &q, XV, Jaae s i89o, p.88 
am mar Birds ot 
dwrard Island. 
Swamp Sparrow.— Katnei t 
, alders here and there, or m 
Rather common in veiy 
;re, or in open swamps of 
a brooks in cleared country. 
Auk X, Jan, 1893, p.12 
