Zonotrichia leucophrys. Lake Umbagog, Maine. copy 2 1895. I am 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 near them. a Flying trip to Lake Umbagog, Maine. copy 3 Abundance. 1899. During both days the country between Newry and Upton, and Sept. 30 on the 1st that immediately around Lakeside, was alive with to White-crowned Sparrows. I must have seen in all upwards of Oct.2. 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