ZonotAiohia leucophrys 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1895 
I an uncertain as to the exact number of White-crowned. 
Sept. 25-. Sparrows because I may have started, the same birds once again 
in following up the flock but there were certainly not less 
than six for I counted five young birds together in one bush, 
and afterwards saw at least one adult. Ten or a dozen times 
while I was at this place I heard a White-crown sing. He must 
have been an old bird for his song rang out full and clear on 
the morning air. Indeed, it was louder and more finished than 
the spring singing that I have heard in Mass-, As on former 
occasions it reminded me most of the song of Pooecetes. These 
White-crowns were sluggish in their movements but nevertheless 
they were not sufficiently unsuspicious to let me get very 
ne»r then a 
Abundance. 
Plying trip to Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
country between Hewry and Upton, and 
1899. 
! Sept.30 on the 1st that immediately around Lakeside, was alive with 
to 
Oct.2. White-crowned Sparrows. I must have seen in all upwards of 
100, the greatest number on the 2nd. They were in small 
flocks (some of which also contained one or two White-throated 
or Song Sparrows) and were usually seen in,patches of weeds 
or thickets of low bushes by the roadside. More than half of 
those that I examined closely were adults. Throughout the 
open country they probably outnumbered any one of the other 
