28 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



Hah. — Xi)rtlRTii ;mil western Xoitli America, from the .\Iissis><ippi Valley 

 westward. 



The nest ami eggs eauiiot l)e dist iiiuuisluMl tVnin tliose of the inecediiig 

 species. 



I mention this ;is ;in ( )utiiiio species on tlie authority of Dr. 

 (Taniier. oi Luckuow, JJruce CV»., who iiifoi-m.s me that a specimen 

 was sent u> him in the tiesh from Colpoys Bay, as being something 

 different from those usually seen at that point, it was too far gone 

 for preservation when received, l)ut the Doctoi, who has long been an 

 ardent collector, assures me that he is quite satisfied of the correctness 

 oi his identification. 



This species is a comparatively new ac(|uaintance to American 

 ornithologists, for although described by Audubon, it was not found 

 by him. It is now known to breed in Texas, Kansas, Illinois, 

 Dak(jta, and Colorado; and Macoun reports it l)reeding aljundantly in 

 the prairie pcjols of the North-West, so that we need not be surprised 

 if a straggler is now and then wafted a little way out of its ordinary 

 course. 



