CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 471 
summer resident throughout the Assiniboine valley, wherever 
there are alkaline flats. In many parts of the prairies west of 
Birtle there are low flat alkaline stretches sparsely covered with 
long, wiry grass. Wherever the land is of this character Baird’s 
bunting is sure to be a prominent if not a prevailing species. 
(Thompson-Seton.) One specimen secured the first time we went 
collecting at Grand Rapids of the Saskatchewan; shot ona high 
grassy plain between the fort and the lake. (WMudtting.) 
BREEDING Nores.—I found a nest and four eggs of this bird as 
I was riding over the prairie near Crescent Lake, Assa., on June 
3rd, 1901. On June 6th, while driving to Saltcoats marshes we 
flushed another Baird’s sparrow off its nest containing five ex- 
ceedingly handsome eggs. Nest on the ground at the side of the 
trail. June 7th I found another nest and five eggs, nest, like the 
other, made of dried grass, lined with hair, built on the ground 
in short grass. The eggs are like well blotched eggs of the 
vesper sparrow but are much smaller and averaging °75 x ‘55 
inches. (W. Raine.) 
CXCIX. COTURNICULUS Bonaparte. 1838. 
546. Grasshopper Sparrow. 
Coturniculus savannarum passerinus (WILS.) Ripew. 1885. 
Said to occur in New Brunswick by Mr. Adams. (Chamberiain.) 
mam qurte sure this species is at Scotch Lake; York Co. NEB:, 
but have not secured a specimen. (W. H. Moore.) 
There are two Toronto records, one in 1879, and the second in 
1890. (/. H. Fleming.) Fairly common in the two southwestern 
counties of Ontario; but a rare summer resident near London; 
usually only one specimen observed in several years. (W. &. 
Saunders.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; taken at Hyde Park Corner, near London, Ont., in 1889, 
by W. E. Saunders. 
546a, Western Grasshopper Sparrow. 
Coturniculus savannarum bimaculatus (SWAINS.) RipGW. 1901. 
A summer resident near Vernon, B.C. (Bvooks.) 
