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May 9th, 1887, also in a marsh near Cedar hill, Vancouver island. 

 (Macoun.) 



498e. San Diego Redwing. 



Agelaius phoemceus neiitralis Ridgway. 1901. 



Breeding range north to eastern British Columbia. (Ridgway.) 

 East of Coast range, B.C. (Fannin.) Taken at Vernon, B.C. 

 (Rhoads.) This form was not uncommon at Penticton, south of 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903, and at the mouth of the 

 Spullamacheen river, Shuswap lake, in August, 1889; saw four at 

 Midway, B.C., April nth, 1905, and a number were breeding a little 

 further west at McMinn lake and Me3^er creek ; others were breeding 

 in a marsh near the Similkameen river; observed two in the valley 

 of the Kootenay river at Elko, B.C. (Spreadborough.) 



CCIII. STURNELLA. Vieillot. 181 6. 

 501. Meadow Lark. 



Sturnella magna (Linn.) Swains. 1827. 



Very rare in Nova Scotia; a mere straggler. (Downs.) A rare 

 summer resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) One indi- 

 vidual seen at Scotch Lake, York co., N.B., in 1879; none since. 

 (W. H. Moore.) Summer resident but scarce in the district of 

 Montreal. (Wintle.) A moderately common summer ' resident at 

 Ottawa, Ont., breeding on the Experim.ental Farm. (Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in the old settlements of Onta- 

 rio ; I used to see a few in the county of Renfrew ; observed three on 

 Wolfe island, April 4th, 1901. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common 

 summer resident at Toronto, Ont. ; Mr. Kay puts the first appear- 

 ance of this species in Muskoka about 1863, and regards it as becom- 

 ing common at Port Sydney; it occurs at Beaumaris. (/. H. Flem- 

 ing.) Common in the London district; a very few winter with us 

 in most years ; not common in north Bruce and on Manitoulin island. 

 (W. E. Saunders.) 



Breeding Notes. — Not very common at Ottawa. Nest on the 

 ground, built of dried grass ; lined with finer grass. Eggs four to six. 

 White, speckled with reddish and purplish. (G. R. White.) Nest 



