472 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
CC. AMMODRAMUS Swainson. 1827. 
547. Henslow’s Sparrow. 
Ammodramus henslowu (AvuD.) GRAY. 1849. 
Thus far we have found this bird only near Sarnia, and at 
Jeannette’s Creek, Ont.; but as about a dozen birds were observed 
altogether on four different occasions in two years I believe it is 
a fairly common summer resident in the western peninsula of 
Ontario wherever a favourable locality exists. The original dis- 
covery was made on May 24th, 1898, when several were noted at 
Jeannette’s Creek and since then they have been found in the 
locality on two other occasions. This is the most inconspicuous 
bird I have ever met with; it runs through the glass like a mouse 
and does not rise until one is almost on it, when it makes a short 
zigzag flight and again conceals itself. (W. &. Saunders.) Iwas 
surprised to find this sparrow on Lake Joseph, Muskoka, and 
apparently breeding. I first noticed it on July 14th, 1902, ina 
hay-field about a mile from Port Sanfield, and for some days had 
every opportunity of watching the males as they sat on the fence 
and uttered their rather wheezy notes. Two more pairs were in 
one field, and I could find none in any of the few likely places 
elsewhere. (/. H. Fleming in The Auk, Vol. XIX., p. 403.) 
548. Leconte’s Sparrow. 
Ammodramus leconteitt (AUD.) GRAY. 1849. 
A male specimen of this species was given to me as an Acadian 
sharp-tailed sparrow, taken May 5th, 1897, at Toronto, Ont.; this 
is the first record for Ontario. (J. H. Ames in The Auk, Vol. 
Es, Sp. 4 Tis) 
The rediscovery of this little known and extremely interesting 
species in Dakota was made in the season of 1873 by the Boun- 
dary Commission. On the march between Turtle Mountain and 
the first crossing of the Mouse (Souris) River, I came upon what 
seemed to be a small colonyof the birds in a moist depression of 
the prairie. I subsequently found the bird again and secured 
another specimen. (Cowes.) This beautiful sparrow abounds in 
Manitoba wherever there are meadows that offer the right com- 
binations of willow, scrub and sedgy grass, and has been taken by 
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