CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS, 40t 
Kay puts the first appearance of this species in Muskoka about 
1863, and regards it as becoming common at Port Sydney ; it 
oceufs at Beaumaris. (/. H. Fleming.) Common in the London 
district; a very few winter with us in most years ; hot common in 
north Bruce and on Manitoulin Island. (W. 4. Saunders.) 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. Rk. White.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS, 
Three; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; 
one taken near Toronto, Ont., by Mr. Samuel Herring ; one taken 
at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saunders, 
One set of four eggs taken at Port Hope, Ont., May 30th, 1499, 
by Mr. Mecking. Nest of fine dry grass and placed in a hole 
in the ground in a meadow where the grass was several inches 
high. 
5014. Western Meadow Lark. 
Sturnella magna neglecta (A&0D.) ALLEN. 1872, 
One specimen of this species was taken by Mr. G. K. White 
within the city of Ottawa, The bird was singing on top of anelm 
tree when shot. 
All the meadow larks observed on the Internationa! Boundary 
Lat. 49° were this form. They are a common bird of the whole 
country, though less numerous as we approach the Rocky Moun- 
tains. (Coues.) An abundant summer resident of the prairic 
part of Manitoba, breeding freely at all points. (7hompson-Seton.) 
A number was seen along the Red River between Winnipeg and 
West Selkirk, June 14th, 1901. Specimens procured at Winnipeg 
have been examined and prove referable to this form. (Pyrebles.) 
This is a characteristic bird of Assiniboia and Alberta. It is com- 
mon é¢verywhere where there is brush or trees, although it always 
builds on the prairies, yet it mounts a tree or bush to sing, and 
evidently nests in the vicinity; in traverses of over 1,000 miles by 
wagon it was constantly found where there was brush. It was 
quite common on Lee’s Creek and Milk River in southern Alberta. 
Only one seen at Edmonton, Alta., in 1897, but they were com- 
mon in the foothills south to Crow’s Nest Pass. Apparently rare 
in the Rocky Mountains, but it is common as far as Morley, in 
the Bow River Pass. None observed at Banff in 1891, and only 
