30 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April — May 



among the thickets and the willow and poplar-edgfed marshes, where 

 (hey gather into large flocks, which are much feared on account of the 

 depredations they commit in the oat and wheat fields. 



94. Coccothraustes vespertina. I have not yet seen this bird myself, but some- 



one showed me two mounted specimens as having been killed in the 

 vicinity of Prince Albert. However, it is scarce. 



95. Pinicola enucleator. Tolerably common in small flocks and more fre- 



quently seen along the banks of both branches of the Saskatchewan. 

 This bird is one of our regular winter visitors, arriving about 

 the end of October and departing about the end of March. 



96. Carpodaciis purpureus. I saw this beautiful finch for the first time last 



year in tbe end of April and at the beginning of May, as the snow and 

 the bad weather lasted a long while that year. In company with the 

 Spizelea monticola, the Junco hiemalis and some other sparrows. I 

 think it is not so rare as it is irregular in its migrations. 



97. Acanthis linaria. Common and a regular winter visitor. Arriving in smal 



flocks nearly at the same time as the Pine Grosbeak, and remaining 

 sometimes late in spring. I noted it feeding like Spinus tristis on the 

 seeds of the Solidagos and the cottony heads of the Cnicus, and in the 

 woods, on the fruit of the birch. 



98. Spimts tristis. Tolerably common, summer resident, breeding throughout 



the region, but never seen in large flocks as during the seasons of mi- 

 grations. 



99. Ph'ctrophenax nivalis. The Snowflake is very abundant every winter. It 



arrives as soon as the cold and the snow appear, usually about the mid- 

 dle of October, and remains as long as the weather is cold and bad. 

 FoF the first time last year, early in spring, as the bad weather lasted 

 a long while, I noted a large flock of them in summer plumage. 



100. Calcarius Lapponicus. \ Both numerous every spring and fall, in 

 loi. Calcarius ornatus. J company with the Prairie Horned-Lark. 



102. Podccetes gramineus confiiiis. Quite a common summer resident through- 



out the country, and to be seen running ahead on every trail. Breed- 

 ing too in great numbers in the region. 



103. Ammodramus sandivichensis alaudinus. Not uncommon, but in summer 



only, and breeding here in the prairie. 



104. Zonotrichia leucophrys. First noticed in numbers last spring. Probably 



common, but irregular, transient. 



105. Spisella monticola. Abundant summer resident every year and breeding 



in great numbers throughout the country. 



106. Spisella socialis. Not uncommon, but much less abundant than the pre- 



ceding ; breeding in the region. 



107. Spizella pallida. Commonly seen in company with the Sp. monticola, 



and probably breeding too here. 



