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myself on the west slope of Duck Mountain to the north of the 
province. (Zhompson-Seton.) In June, 1896, this species was 
breeding in a marsh at Sewell, Manitoba. (Macoun.) First seen 
at Indian Head, Assa., May 12th, 1892, next seen June 23rd, when 
two nests were found; each nest contained five eggs; nest made 
of dried grass under a tuft on the ground. First seen at Edmon- 
ton, Alta., late in May, 1897; not common, only observed about 
a dozen altogether ; breeding in wet ground ; common on 
Bragg’s Creek, about 4o miles from Calgary, June 28th, 1897 ; a 
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few were breeding in a marsh at Peace River Landing, Atha., Lat. 5e¢/7 35. 
56° 15’, June 1903; and one individual was seen west of the 
Grande Prairie in August. (Spreadborough.) 
BREEDING Notrges.—On June 23rd, 1892, I found two nests of 
this species. Each nest contained five eggs. The nest was placed 
in old grass close to the ground, and was made of the same. The 
land was low but not wet. The female was shot as she left the 
nest. (Spreadborough.) In June, 1893, Mr. G. F. Dippie and 
myself were fortunate in discovering the nest and eggs of this 
species which were previously little known. This was at Rae- 
burn, Man., since then I have found several more nests of Le- 
conte’s sparrow in Manitoba and Assiniboia, all were made of fine 
dry grass and nothing else and were invariably built in a tuft of 
marsh hay a few inches above the ground. The eggs are greenish- 
white speckled at the largest end with ashy-brown and are small, 
65 x ‘5SoOinches. (W. Raine.) On June 12th, 1896, the writer was 
collecting in a swamp south of Sewell, on the Canadian Pacific 
Railway and came on the nest of a bird newtohim. The follow- 
ing is from his notebook and evidently refers to this species. ‘‘In 
the open swamp I found another nest in the grass, almost touch- 
ing the water which here was standing in the grass and was evi- 
dently permanent as Wenyanthes trifoliata and Calla palustris grew 
close by. When the bird arose I thought it was a clay-coloured 
sparrow, but on looking into the nest saw four eggs about the 
same size as the sparrow’s but the large end was completely 
covered with a deep shade of brown which shaded off into a 
lighter colour and became mottled with a lightish-green. Three 
eggs were as above, but one was much lighter in colour and hence 
more distinctly mottled. They were much incubated and were 
injured in blowing. I refer the eggs to Leconte’s sparrow. 
