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A few are found in holes of trees or in logs in fences. The materials 

 used are grasses, bark and leaves with finer grass or hairs as lining. 

 Eggs may be found from April to August at Ottawa. (Garneau.) 



5816. Mountain Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza cinerea montana (Henshaw) Ridgw. 1901. 



Not uncommon near the International boundary between Trail 

 and Cascade, B.C., in June, 1902; they seemed to be breeding on 

 the mountains; saw one at Femie, B.C., April 22, 1904, and several 

 at Elko, May 9 ; found a nest with four eggs quite fresh in a clump of 

 brush on the side of a spruce tree about four feet from the ground. 

 Nest made of grass, lined with fine grass mixed with horse hair; 

 observed at Midway, Meyer creek and Sidley, B.C., in 1905, and 

 breeding at Osoyoos lake and Similkameen river. (Spreadborough.) 



58ie. Rusty Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza cinerea morphna (Oberh.) Ridgw. 1901. 



Regular summer visitor, (Lord.) Common in British Columbia 

 west of Coast range; specimens taken at Ashcroft in the interior 

 are of this form. (Sireator.) Aruabundant resident confined chiefly 

 to the coast and Vancouver island. (Fannin.) An abundant 

 resident at Chilliwack. Tolerably common winter resident at Lake 

 Okanagan, B.C. (Brooks.) The distribution of guttata in Wash- 

 ington and British Columbia is sinpularly uniform in all kinds of 

 localities, no difference between coast and interior individuals being 

 apparent. (Rhoads.) Breeding from extreme southern portion of 

 Alaska through British Columbia, including Vancouver island, to 

 Oregon. (Ridgway.) Saw what I took to be this form in the valley 

 of McLennan river, west of the Rocky mountains and south of 

 Yellowhead pass, in B.C., July, 1898; not uncommon at Revelstoke, 

 B.C., in April, 1890. Further west, it was found common at Sica- 

 mous and Kamloops, in 1889; not common at Penticton, B.C., a 

 few pairs breeding; it was very abundant, however, west of the 

 Coast range at all points visited and was particularly abundant on 

 Vancouver island. Except at Revelstoke,* it was found breeding 

 throughout its range; like the eastern song sparrow it likes to breed 

 near water. (Spreadborough.) 



