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Assa., in May, 1895, but they soon disappeared. (Spreadborough.) 
One of the most abundant birds at Grand Rapids of the Saskatche- 
wan; it breeds therein great numbers.(Vuéting.) This species reaches 
the Saskatchewan about the middle of May, and spreads through- 
out the Northwest Territories up.to Lat. 66° to breed. (Richard- 
son.) North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River; rare. 
(Ross.) First seen May 7th, 1888, near Calgary; common from 
there to Edmonton and Athabasca Landing and up to Little 
Slave River, down the Athabasca to Clearwater River, and up 
that river to Methye Portage and thence to Isle a la Crosse; it is 
the chief bird of the whole region. (/J. M. Macoun.) First seen 
at Edmonton, Alta., May 6th, 1897. Shortly after they became 
common and remained to breed. Abundant from Lesser Slave 
Lake to Peace River Landing, Atha., Lat. 56° 15’, in June, 1903; 
observed from Edmonton to the Pembina River in June, 1898. 
Spreadborougn.) 
BREEDING Notes.—Nest on ground among bushes, composed 
of grass, weed stems and moss, lined with rootlets and fine grass. 
Eggs 4, dull white, spots and splashes of brown and lavender. 
(G. R. White.) 1 have observed that this bird is sparingly dis- 
tributed throughout eastern Ontario through the summer. In 
June, 1888, I found two nests on the rocky ground, two miles west 
of the village of Renfrew, Ont., one ina small thick bush, the 
other among grass, etc.,on the ground. During ten years I ob- 
served one pair close to Lansdowne, Ont., that by their manner 
had young, though I did not succeed in finding the nest. I saw 
one bird on the Magdalen Islands and have seen two nests taken 
in 1899 near Mingan, Que., where it commonly breeds. (Rev. C./. 
Young.) I found a nest of this bird May 24th, 1886, in the park,built 
in the roots of an up-turned tree stump, containing four eggs,and 
another nest May 30th, 1891, at Hochelaga woods containing three 
eggs, built on the ground in a tussock of grass. (Wintle.) I took 
a nest near Sand Lake on May 25th, 1897: It was placed under 
some dead ferns on the flat, grassy bank of a stream, and was 
lined with moose hair; there were four eggs in the set. I took 
a nest some years ago at Rosseau, built about three feet up in a 
raspberry bush. (/. H. Fleming.) On June 8th, 1893, I found a 
nest and eggs at Long Lake, Manitoba ; June tgth, 1go1, I found 
two nests at Carleton Junction, 40 miles west of Ottawa. One 
nest was on the ground, the other in a brush heap some distance 
