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1906. (A. C. Bent.) Very abundant about Grand Rapids and 

 Chemawawin, North Saskatchewan river, at the latter place they 

 were feeding largely on the seeds of aquatic plants on the margin 

 of the slough east of the village. {Nutting.) Not common at 

 Indian Head, Sask., in the spring of 1892; first seen at Medicine 

 Hat, Sask., May 9th, 1894, after that they became common, but 

 decreased in numbers towards the end of the month; in 1895 none 

 were seen until we reached Milk river late in July ; they were in pro- 

 fusion at Pend d'Orielle, at Castellated rocks, St. Mary river and 

 Waterton lake, foothills of Rocky mountains; a very common re- 

 sident at Edmonton and southward in foothills to Crow Nest pass; 

 saw one individual at the crossing of McLeod river, June 19th, 1898 ; 

 common at Jasper lake, Yellowhead pass, July 2nd; common from 

 Lesser Slave lake to Peace River Landing, Atha., lat. 56° 15', in 

 June, 1903. (Spreadborough.) Abundant along the trail between 

 Edmonton and Athabaska Landing, but rather rare on the Atha- 

 baska; common up the Clearwater river and between Methye por- 

 tage and Isle a la Crosse. (/. M. Macoun.) Not uncommon but 

 much less abundant than the tree sparrow around Prince Albert, 

 Sask. ; breeding in the region. (Coubeaux.) North to Fort Simp- 

 son on the Mackenzie river; abundant. (Ross.) Several specimens 

 of this sparrow were obtained from Fort Yukon in June, 1876. 

 (Turner.) I would refer all British Columbia specimens collected 

 by myself and Mr. Streator, including those from the coast, to 

 socialis with the exception possibly of six skins collected at Ashcroft. 

 (Rhoads.) Common at Donald on the Columbia river, B.C., May 

 20th, 1894. (E. F. G. White.) 



Breeding Notes. — Nesting in low trees and shrubs; quite com- 

 mon around Ottawa. Nest composed of fine dried grass lined with 

 hair. Eggs, four or five. Bluish, speckled with blackish-brown 

 and purple. (G. R. White.) With us from last of April to October. 

 The nests are built in apple trees or small spruces, and made of grasses 

 lined with hair. The eggs number from three to five. One sum- 

 mer some nests were found to have their eggs broken in them. It 

 was some time before I could find out the cause. At last one morn- 

 ing, when sitting in view of a nest on an apple tree, a fine male of 

 this species was seen to deliberately pick a hole in the shell of an 

 egg and drink its contents. I then surmised that it was this bird 

 that was doing all of the mischief. (W. H. Moore.) This species 



