402 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Melospiza georgiana (Lath.). 
Swamp Sparrow. 
Common summer resident in southwestern Labrador. 
Audubon “found it plentiful in Labrador.” In Anticosti just 
south of the Labrador region it was found in abundance, by Brewster. 
Passerella iliaca (Merr.). 
Fox Sparrow; “Russingel”; “Red Singer”; 
“Red Thrush” (Stearns). 
Common summer resident in southern Labrador; May 20 to Sep¬ 
tember 1. 
Audubon says: “They leave Labrador about the 1st of September 
in small groups, formed each of a single family. When in that coun¬ 
try .... I frequently observed them searching along the shores for 
minute shell-fish, on which they feed abundantly.” Frazar says they 
“arrived at Esquimaux Point on May 20th, soon becoming common 
and rare again, evidently passing farther north to nest; but at Hegaska, 
on my return in August, I saw a pair with their young.” Packard 
says: “Common along southern portions; young at Rigolet in June.” 
Bigelow found a few at Aillik. Macoun says it is common from 
Moose River to Richmond Gulf; not seen crossing to Ungava; July 
1, 1896, young able to fly (Spreadborough). 
We found the Fox Sparrow common at Forteau, Cartwright, Rigo¬ 
let, and Cape Charles. At Forteau we found them directly on the 
coast. The other three localities are all farther inland and Hudsonian 
in character. The bird was everywhere in full song even as late as 
July 30th at Cape Charles. The song seemed richer and fuller than 
the best song given by this species during the spring migration in 
Massachusetts. Its clear flute-like notes are somewhat ventriloquil 
in character, and as the bird sings generally from a concealed perch 
inside of a spruce or fir tree a foot or two from the top, it is often 
difficult to find the performer. We have written down the song very 
inadequately in words thus: cher-ee, hear-her, hear-her, tellit. Or to- 
whip, to whee, oh-whee buzz tellit , the last note short and faint and the 
main stress on the second and third bars. 
