506 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 23rd, 1894, and 
one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May 16th, 1891, both by Mr. 
Spreadborough. 
CCV. MELOSPIZA Bairp. 1858. 
581. Song Sparrow. 
Melospiza cinerea melodia (WILSON) Ripew. 1901. 
Very common in Nova Scotia; a few remain all winter. (Dowzs.) 
A common species at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, arriving in 
March. (C. R. Harte.) Common throughout the year at Wolf- 
ville, King’s Co., N.S. (47. Tufts.) One seen at Partridge Island 
pier, near Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., N.S., February 12th and 
and following days. Migrants reached Shulee March 22nd, becom- 
ing common at once. (Morrell.) Quite common at Baddeck and 
Margaree, Cape Breton Island. N.S., July, 1898; breeding in large 
numbers at Brackley Point and other places on Prince Edward 
Island, July, 1888. (MJacoun.) Very abundant and generally dis- 
tributed on Prince Edward Island. Mr. Bain states that some 
winter on the island. (Dzzght.) A common resident in New 
Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) An abundant summer resident at 
Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. (W. H. Moore.) Common in the 
Restigouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) Common at Lake 
Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. JZ. Macoun.) A rather common 
summer resident on the Magdalen Islands. (Bzshop.) Abundant 
along the shores of the Gut; of Canso and a few at Gaspé, Que. 
(Brewster.) Common summer resident in Quebec. (Dvzonne.) 
An abundant summer resident in the district of Montreal. Breeds 
in the city and in Mount Royal park. I have found their nests 
with eggs from May 8th to July 28th, and observed them from 
March 24th to October 24th. (Wintle.) 
An abundant summer resident around Ottawa, breeding on 
banks and under bushes. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common 
everywhere in Ontario, occasionally commencing to breed in 
the latter part of April, and continuing to do so through the 
spring and summer as late as the middle of July. This year 
(1901) they came on the 25th March and were then in full song. 
I have found the nest on the ground often in a bush, and occa- 
