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Assa.; they were common by the gth, but were all gone by the 
isth. On June 24th of the same year they were common in all 
the brush on the east end of the Cypress Hills and were certainly 
breeding. First seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 7th, 1897; none 
seen after the gth. All were migrants. (Spreadborough.) First 
noticed in numbers at Prince Albert, Sask., last spring (1899). 
Probably common but irregular in its visits. (Coubeaux.) This 
species is a northern bird and breeds in all parts of the Northwest 
Territories, arriving about the middle of May and leaving early 
inSeptember. (Azchardson.) North to Fort Resolution on Great 
Slave Lake; rare. (eoss.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Three; one taken at Wood Mountain, Assa., June, 1895, one at 
Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, and one at Banff, Rocky Moun- 
tains, May, 1891, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
Eggs; seven sets ; four sets of four each taken at Whale River, 
Ungava, in June, 1896, by G. Bouchier; one set of four taken at 
Fort Chimo, Ungava, in June, 1894, by G. Bouchier; one set of 
four taken at Nachvak, Labrador, in June, 1896, by J. Geer; one 
set of three taken on an island in James Bay, June 23rd, 1896, by 
Mr. Spreadborough. 
554a. Gambel’s Sparrow. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelit Ripew. 1899. 
I was surprised to find that the white-crowned sparrows of the 
Mouse (Souris) River were the variety instead cf typical /euco- 
phrys, but such was the case, as shown beyond question by some 
of the specimens taken with perfect head-dress ; found also in 
the Rocky Mountains in the autumn where they possibly breed. 
(Coues.) North to Lapierre’s House on the Mackenzie River. 
(Ross.) This was common as a migrant at Indian Head in 
1892, and at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894. About forty 
miles southwest of Calgary this species was rather common. 
A nest was taken June 28th having five fresh eggs, placed 
at the root of a clump of willows ; on Moose Mountain, at 
6,000 feet altitude, found a nest with six fresh eggs, the 
same day another nest was taken at 7,500 feet, containing three 
young and two eggs; common in the foothills from Calgary 
south to Crow’s Nest Pass ; common from Prairie Creek, Alta., 
