474 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Six ; two taken at Indian Head, Assa., May Ioth, 1892, two 
at Edmonton, Alta., in May and June, 1897, and a pair at Peace 
River Landing, Atha., June 16th, 1903. 
One set of four eggs taken at Indian Head, Assa., on June 23rd, 
1892, by Mr. Spreadborough ; one set of four taken at Sewell, 
Man., June 12th, 1896, by Prof. Macoun. 
549-1. Nelson’s Sparrow. 
Ammodramus nelsoni (ALLEN) NORTON. 1897. 
There are several records for Toronto. Dr. Cwight says the 
Toronto birds are more nelsoni than subvirgatus, but not typical. 
(J. H. Fleming.) J took a very fine female on 28th October, 1896, 
at Toronto, and on the 17th November, Mr. I. Percival Turner 
took two, a male and female, at the same spot. On the 17th 
November, 1900, I visited the place again and saw two. (/.Hughes- 
Samuel.) On the 22nd September, 1894, near Toronto, Ont., I 
shot two individuals of this species ; on June 1oth, 1895, 1 shot , 
a female and in the autumns of 1896-97-98 I saw many others. (C. 
W. Nash.) 
On my arrival at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mr. Hine surprised me 
by producing a specimen of this form, shot at Winnipeg on May 
25th, 1892. On June 30th, at Carberry, I heard a curious bird note 
and going over the slough to the spot, I put up two small dark- 
coloured sparrows. I obtained one which proved to be this form; 
later in the day I took two more; the above specimens were sub- 
mitted to Mr. F. M. Chapman and pronounced true e/sonz. 
(Thompson-Seton.) See .pyss. 
BREEDING NotEs.—On June 12th, 1893, Mr. Dippie and myself 
found this bird nesting at Long Lake, Manitoba. The nest and 
eggs I presented to the U.S. National Museum at Washington. 
On the 14th June, 1894, I again visited the locality and was for- 
tunate in finding another nest and four eggs of Nelson’s sparrow 
and the next day I took another set of five eggs. Nests were 
made of dried grass and built in a tuft of marsh hay a few inches 
from the ground. Their voice is like that of a grasshopper and 
they sing until long after sunset. (W. Raine.) 
