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water, generally in old grass in a marsh or by a pool. Nest com- 
posed altogether of dried grass with a lining of finer grass and a 
little horse or other hair. (AZacoun.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Forty-seven; seven at Indian Head, Assa., May, 1891; two at 
12-Mile Lake, near Wood Mountain, Assa., June, 1895; two at 
Crane Lake, Assa., June 7th, 1894; one at Peace River Landing, 
Atha., June 16th, 1903; nine at Edmonton, Alta., May and June, 
1897; two at Banff,Rocky Mountains, June, 1891; four at Revelstoke 
B.C., April, 1890; two at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903; two at the 
mouth of Salmon River, B.C., July, 1902; three at Agassiz, B.C., 
May, 1889; nine at Huntington, B.C., October, 1901, and four at 
Victoria, Vancouver Island, April, 1893, all by Mr. W. Spread- 
borough. 
Four sets of eggs ; one of four taken at Twelve-mile Lake, 
Assa., June 7th, 1895, by the writer ; three sets of five eggs each, 
taken at Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd and May 27th, 1897, by 
Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
542. Labrador Savanna Sparrow. 
L asserculus sandwichensis labradoricus R. H. Howe, Jr. 
Fairly common at Port Manvers, Lat. 57° northeastern Labra- 
dor during the last half of August and the first week of September, 
1900. (Witmer Stone.) 
CXCVHI. CENTRONYX Bairp. 1858. 
545. Baird’s Sparrow. 
Centronyx bairdit (AuD.) BAIRD. 1874. 
It is difficult to understand how this bird eluded observation 
for thirty years from the time of its original discovery by Audu- 
bon on the upper Missouri nearly to the present day. I did not 
meet with the species along the Red River itself, but found it as 
soon as I passed from the Pembina Mountains to the boundless 
prairies beyond. In some particular spots it outnumbered all the 
other birds together, and on an average through the country 
from the Pembina Mountain to the Mouse (Souris) River it was 
one of the trio of commonest birds. The skylarks and chestnut- 
collared longspur being the other two. (Cowes.) An abundant 
