CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 483 
Chilliwack valley ; very abundant at Huntington, B.C., on Sept: 
gth, 1901, feeding on thistle seed; first seen on April 1oth, at Vic- 
toria, but common by April 17th, 1893 ; nest found May i1th on 
the ground, made of dry grass, lined with hair and containing three 
eggs ; a summer resident on all parts of Vancouver Island, they 
do not appear to be common at Comox. (Spreadborough.) A very 
common species on Vancouver Island; it was abundant on road- 
sides and in fields at Salt Spring Island and Comox in May, 1887. 
(Macoun.) A very abundant summer resident on the coasts of 
British Columbia. (2hoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Nine ; five taken at Huntington, B.C., in September, 1901; four 
on Vancouver Island in April, 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 
One set of five eggs taken on Beacon Hill, Victoria, Vancouver 
Island, May 16th, 1890, by Mr. J. Fannin. 
557. Golden-crowned Sparrow. 
Zonotrichia coronata (PALL.) BairD. 1858. 
Common about the prairies and open timbered spots. (Lord.) 
A very abundant spring and fall migrant. (S¢veator.) An abundant 
summer resident. (Fanmin.) Not common; migrating in the 
lower Fraser valley ; breeds on the mountain tops at timber line. 
(Brooks.) Quite rare at Hastings, Agassiz, and Vancouver in April, 
1889 ; not rare on Vancouver Island at Victoria in spring, seen for 
the first time April 27th, in 1893, by May oth they had disappear- 
ed. (Spreadborough.) Abundant at Salt Spring Island and Comox 
in May, 1887. (Macoun.) Inabundant flocks during our stay at 
Goldstream, Vancouver Island. Iam inclined to doubt Mr. Fan- 
nin’s statement that they are resident on Vancouver Island and 
would restrict their southern range in summer to the Queen Char- 
lotte Islands. (Rhoads.) At English Bay, near Vancouver City 
saw a flock of nearly 100 May 4th, 1890; very common on Sumas 
prairie in October of the same year. (Z&. F. G. White.) 
A few of these sparrows were seen and heard on August 2Ist 
in brush among spruces back of our camp on the Kowak River, 
Kotzebue Sound. They were not common at any time. (Grimell.) 
Common in the low,second growth brush about the village of 
Hope, Cook’s Inlet, Alaska ; also occasionally seen on the moun- 
