CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 5I5 



April 17th, 1893; nest found May nth on the ground, made of dry- 

 grass, Hned with hair and containing three eggs; a summer resident 

 on all parts of Vancouver island, they do not appear to be common 

 at Comox. (Spreadborough.) A very common species on Van- 

 couver island; it was abundant on roadsides and in fields at Salt 

 Spring island and Comox in May, 1887 (Macoun.) A very abun- 

 dant summer resident on the coast of British Columbia. (Rhoads.) 



557. Golden-crowned Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia coronata (Pall.) Baird. 1858. 



Common about the prairies and open timbered spots. (Lord.) 

 A very abundant spring and fall migrant. (Sireator.) An abun- 

 dant summer resident. (Fannin.) Not common; migrating in the 

 lower Fraser valley; breeds on the mountain tops at timber line. 

 (Brooks.) Quite rare at Hastings, Agassiz, and Vancouver in April, 

 1889; common at Douglas, B.C., in April and May, 1906; not rare 

 on Vancouver island at Victoria in spring, seen for the first time 

 April 27th, in 1893; by May 9th they had disappeared; not common 

 at Clayoquot sound, Vancouver island, a few were seen in Septem- 

 ber, 1907. (Spreadborough.) Abundant at Salt Spring island and 

 Comox in May, 1887. (Macoun.) In abundant flocks during our 

 stay at Coldstream, Vancouver island. I am inclined to doubt 

 Mr. Fannin's statement that they are resident on Vancouver island 

 and would restrict their southern range in summer to the Queen 

 Charlotte islands. (Rhoads.) At English bay, near Vancouver 

 city saw a flock of nearly 100, May 4th, 1890; very common on Sumas 

 prairie in October of the same year. (E. F. G. White.) 



A few of these sparrows were seen and heard on August 21st in 

 brush among spruces back of our camp on the Kowak river, Kotze- 

 bue sound. They were not common at any time. (Grinnell.) 

 Common in the low, second growth brush about the village of Hope, 

 Cook inlet, Alaska; also occasionally seen on the mountains there. 

 (Osgood.) This sparrow was found on the heights above glacier 

 near Skagway and was common at White Pass summit and con- 

 tinued to Portage, B.C. A nest almost finished was found in a 

 conifer at Summit lake, June 12th. (Bishop.) Seen at Kenai 

 mountains and Homer, Alaska. Was not seen at Homer until late 

 summer when it became very common. (Figgins.) Four adults 

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