Melospiza lincolni. 1890, September 24. Lake Umbagog. Started two Lincoln's Finches from fine dry grass in a wet hollow in Sargent's plantation. H (enshaw) killed one flying. I the other in a brush fence where it sought shelter. September 25. Lake Umbagog. Pearley White's. I killed a beautiful Lincoln's Finch here. It started from the ground in a pasture on the edge of a strip of maples in one of which it alighted sitting perfectly still until I killed it. September 30. sopy 3 Lake Umbagog. Lakeside. I had intended to spend the day in packing but seeing a large number of Sparrows in a patch of weeds on the interval in the front of the house I took my gun immediately after breakfast, and went down to have a look at them. One of the first that I started was a fine adult White-crowned Sparrow which I shot in a I saw several more white-crown and shot a Lincoln's Finch. Encamped by it.) brush pile but could not find. Soon after this (I beat the weeds the weeds carefully many times in succession, driving the Sparrows from them to the bushes along the fences and by the lake shore where I could inspect them with comparative ease. Identified posi- tively seven Lincoln Finches of which I shot four, and ten White- crowned Sparrows of which I killed one. All but two of the White- crowns were young birds. One of them sang a confused but very Song sweet warbling strain not unlike that of a young Sparrow. I could have shot most of these young White-crowned Sparrows easily enough had I wished to do so, but the old birds were shy. 61