464 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
1889, three at Spence’s Bridge, B.C., May, 1889, and four at Pen- 
ticton, B.C., April, 1903, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Twosets of four eggs each taken at Crane Lake,Assa., June 11th, 
1894, by Prof. Macoun; another set of four eggs taken at Fort 
Saskatchewan, Alta., May 7th, 1898, received from Mr. W. Raine. 
5406. Oregon Vesper Sparrow. 
Poocetes gramineus affinis MILLER. 1888. 
Western Washington and British Columbia, including Van- 
couver Island. (Ridgway.) West side of Coast Range, B.C.,and 
Vancouver Island. (Fannin.) A few observed at Chilliwack, B.C., 
in the spring of 1901; and one individual at the mouth of Tami 
Hy Creek, Sept. oth of the same year. (Spreadborough.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 
One taken at the mouth of Tami Hy Creek, Chilliwack River, 
B.C., September gth, 1901, by W. Spreadborough. 
CXCVII. PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. 1838. 
541. Ipswich Sparrow. 
Passerculus princeps MAYNARD. 1872. 
Taken at Lawrencetown near Halifax, N.S., March,_ 1878. 
(Matthew Jones.) One taken at Point Lepreaux, N.B., April, 
1876. (Chamberlain.) On April 7th, 1895, when 260 miles from 
Halifax on board the S.S. Labrador bound for Liverpool, two of 
these sparrows came on board and remainedcfor some hours; 
apparently they were on their way to Newfoundland. (/. H. 
Fleming.) In the summer of 1899 the writer spent six weeks on 
Sable Island and had ample opportunity to study the habits of 
this bird. It was the only resident land-bird on the island and all 
nests found whether new or old belonged to it. Most of those 
found were scooped out of the sand and built more or less with 
grass. Many birds winter on the island, and as far as known it is 
its only breeding grounds. Dr. Jonathan Dwight, jr., of New 
York has written a full account of its habits and nesting on the 
island. In 1902 Mr. W. E. Saunders, of London, Ont., who spent 
some time on the island, published a very full account of its life 
history in the Ottawa Naturatst, Vol. XVI. 
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