688 Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh : Ornithological Notes 



Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. Western Savannah 

 Sparrow. 



Fairly comnaon around Buffalo Lake, Avhere I found a 

 clutch of four eggs, cleverly concealed in the grass, on 

 June 3, and on June 14 another clutch of five eggs with 

 two Cowbirds' eggs near Alix. This bird is rather shy, and 

 on this account may be more abundant than would appear 

 to be the case. . 



Spizella pallida. Clay-coloured Sparrow. 



I was shown a nest with three eggs and one of a Cowbird 

 near Alix on June 10, and another on the 14th with young 

 just hatched. 



Jiinco hyemalis hyemalis. Slate-coloured Junko. 

 I did not observe this species until September 23, when 

 there were many flying about close to the house. 



Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 Rare. I only saw three specimens early in May near 

 Alix. I was surprised at the sweetness of the song. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons. Cliflf-S wallow. 

 Under the eaves of a barn at Dartmoor (about 2^ miles 

 west of Alix) a number yearly build their nests in June. 



Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree-Swallow. 



Mr. George C^ook showed me several coflFee-pots with the 

 spouts removed, in which these swallows nested every year 

 in front of his house at Buffalo Lake. These birds also nest 

 in old woodpeckers' nests of the smaller species, and I saw 

 the Swallow at Alix in May hunting" round the woods near 

 the house for nesting-holes. Mr. Atkinson and I found a 

 nest by the roadside, near Buffalo Lake, in a hole in an old 

 burnt poplar stump on June 3. It was plentifully lined 

 with feathers, but had no eggs. I also found a nest at 

 Haunted Lakes too high up to examine. 



