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on the mossy hillocks. (Pred/es.) Observed only on one occasion 
near the Souris River, when it was in company with chestnut- 
collared and Lapland longspur, having like the last species just 
arrived from the north. (Cowes.) An abundant spring but rare 
fall migrant in Manitoba ; on May 17th, 1884, they were at Car- 
berry, Man., in enormous numbers, and I had no difficulty in 
getting all the specimens I desired. (Zhompson-Seton.) A large 
flock was seen at Indian Head, Assa.,on May 12th, 1892, common 
by the 15th but gone in a few days; a few were seen at Egg 
Lake, Peace River, Lat. 56° on August 30th, and others at Lesser 
Slave Lake, September 5th, 1903. (Spreadborough.) This species 
was observed associating with Lapland buntings on the banks of 
the Saskatchewan, but no information regarding its breeding 
habits was received. Only one specimen was obtained. (Richard- 
son.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River ; rather 
rare. (oss.) Very abundant in the country to the eastward of 
Fort Anderson in the “ barren grounds,” and on the lower Ander- 
son River. (Macfarlane.) This species has been taken at Fort 
Yukon by Strachan Jones but there is no other record of its hav- 
ing been taken in Alaska. (Ve/son.) One male secured at Point 
Barrow, Alaska, June 11th, 1898. (MWztmer Stone.) 
BREEDING Notes.—This bird breeds abundantly on the slopes 
of the Caribou Hills, 80 miles south of the Arctic Coast west of 
the Mackenzie River delta. Here Mr. Stringer found several 
nests in June, 1897. They were built on the the ground in grassy 
hummocks and contained from 4 to 6 eggs in each, which some- 
what resemble eggs of the Lapland longspur, except that they 
have a paler ground-colour. Ten nests before me are all made of 
dry grass and well lined with feathers. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three taken at Indian Head, Assa., one in September, 1891, and 
two in May, 1892, all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
538 Chestnut-collared Longspur. 
Calcarius ornatus (Towns.) STEJN. 1882. 
These birds were not noticed in the immediate vicinity of Red 
River, but I had no sooner passed the Pembina Mountains than I 
found them in profusion; from thence they extend in more or 
less abundance to the Rocky Mountains. (Cowes.) A common 
