CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 477 
This bird breeds regularly at Toronto; a nest was taken at the 
Humber, May 15th, 1899; it is very local and not abundant. 
(J. H. Fleming.) The first time I saw one of these birds taken at 
Toronto was in May, 1894, and I have met with them at intervals 
since—notably on May 24th, 1885,when I took a specimen and saw 
another. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) A few were regularly observed 
near London from 1878 till 1889, but none were observed from 
1889 till I900, when a pair spent the summer about ten miles from 
London, Ont. This species is a fairly common inhabitant of the 
western counties of Ontario, along the Lake Erie shore, but is 
rare and, of late, irregular near London. A single one was noted 
and watched fora short time near Sault Ste. Marie in September, 
1880. (W. £. Saunders.) 
552a. Western Lark Sparrow. 
Chondestes grammacus strigatus (SWAINS.) RrpGw. 1880. 
A common summer resident near Winnipeg ; a few seen there 
June 3rd, 1896; one shot by Mr. Hine. The Winnipeg specimens 
may belong to the eastern form. (Jacoun.) First saw two May 
16th, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Assa., common by the 15th; I believe 
they breed here as I saw them up to the first week in June when 
I left; a few specimens seen the last week in May, 1895, at Old 
Wives’ Creek, Assa.; not seen again until July Ist, when a pair 
was seen at Sucker Creek in the Cypress Hills; quite common 
in the Milk {River valley below Pend d’Oreille, later a few were 
seen at Castellated Rocks higher up the river. (Spreadborough.) 
A very scarce summer visitant both east and west of the Coast 
Range, B.C. (Svooks.) Seen only at Vernon, B.C., where two 
pairs of adult birds were feeding their newly fledged young. 
(Rhoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Seven; six taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, and one 
taken at Old Wives’ Creek, May 22nd, 1895, all by Mr. Spread- 
borough. 
CCII. ZONOTRICHTA Swainson. 1831. 
553. Harris’s Sparrow. 
Zonotrichia querula (NuTT.) GAMB. 1847. 
A number of specimens, including adults of both sexes and 
young just from the nest, were collected, July 23rd to 30th, 1go0, 
