482 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
into a hummock of moss on the ground under some alder bushes 
ona hillside. A clump of dead grass partly concealed it from 
view. It consisted of dry grasses, lined with finer grass and black 
rootlets. The eggsare pale Nile blue, rather evenly covered with 
irregularly-outlined spots of chocolate and vinaceous. They are 
ovate, and measure ‘83 x ‘63, ‘81 x ‘62, °86 x 63, °85 x °64, ‘83 x ‘62, 
and ‘76 x ‘60, the latter being a runt egg. (Grennell.) 
The intermediate sparrow breeds in great numbers in the 
wooded sections of Anderson district. The nests were nearly 
always placed on the ground, in the tufts or tussocks of grass, 
clumps of Labrador tea (Ledum palustre), and amid stunted 
willows. They were composed of fine hay and lined with deer 
hair, occasionally mixed with a few feathers. Several were 
made entirely of the finer grasses. The usual number of eggs was 
four, but a lot contained as many as five and six. Upwards of 
one hundred nests were collected in the region referred to. 
(Macfarlane.) On June 13th, 1893, at Banff, Rocky Mountains, I 
came across anest and five eggs of this species; it was built at the 
side of a grassy mound and made of dried grass lined with hair. 
At Peel River, Arctic America, on June ‘2nd, 1898, Rev. C- E. 
Whittaker found a nest and four eggs built in a patch of moss on 
the ground. (W. Raine.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Twenty-seven; four taken at Indian Head, Assa., in September, 
1891; three at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; one at Edmon- 
ton, Alta., May 8th, 1897, and one on Bragg’s Creek, below Cal- 
gary, June 28th, 1897; one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May, 
1891; six at Revelstoke, B.C., April, 1890; one at Spence’s Bridge, 
B.C., May, 1889; ten at Penticton, B.C., in April and May, 1903, 
all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
554d. Nuttall’s Sparrow. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli RipGway. 1899. 
Common about the prairies and open timbered spots. (Lord.) 
West of the Coast Range, especially on the coast; this is the most 
abundant small bird in the neighbourhood of Victoria. (/annin.) 
Rare migrant at Chilliwack. (Bvooks.) Taken at Agassiz and 
Yale in May, 1889; observed five at the mouth of Tami Hy Creek, 
