CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 515 
observed a number in a marsh on Depot Creek, Chilliwack Lake, 
B.C., July 24th, 1901; took one ina peat bog at Huntington on 
the International Boundary on September 24th. (Spreadborough.) 
Mount Lehman, lower Fraser valley ; also Vancouver Island. 
( Streator.) Collected at Comox, Vancouver Island, in September, 
1888, by E. H. Forbush. (Fannin.) Yolerably common migrant 
at Chilliwack; tolerably common breeder in the Caribou district, 
B.C.; one set of five eggs taken at 158-Mile House, July 3rd, 1901. 
(Brooks.) 
All our specimens are placed with the WW. incolniz, as we cannot 
separate them from that species. (MJacoun.) 
584. Swamp Sparrow. 
Melospiza georgiana (Latu.) RipGw. 1885. 
Audubon, Vol. III, p. 111, states it to be abundant in Labrador. 
(Packard.) Not uncommon along the Humber River, Newfound- 
land, 1889. (Lowes H. Porter.) A common summer resident in Nova 
Scotia. (Downs.) Nest found at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 
May 25th, 1901; arrives in April. (C. &. Harte.) Fairly common 
from May to October at Wolfville, King’s Co., N.S. (A. Zufts.) 
Breeding in some numbers around the swamps at Brackley Point 
and Rustico, Prince Edward Island, June, 1888. (Macoun.) Rather 
common in very wet, bushy meadows, with alders here and there, 
or in open swamps of limited area, such as occur along brooks in 
a cleared country such as Prince Edward Island. Not uncommon 
at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. (Dwight.) An uncommon sum- 
mer resident at St. John, N.B. ( Chamberlain.) A common sum- 
mer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co.,N.B. (W.H.Moore.) Not . 
uncommon on Magdalen Islands. (Bishop.) Rare in the Resti- 
gouche valley, N.B. (Brittain & Cox.) An abundant species on 
- Anticosti Island and breeding there. (Brewster.) Taken at Beau- 
port ; a summer resident in eastern Quebec. (Dvonne.) A com- 
mon summer resident around Montreal. It is common in the 
marshes, but on account of its retiring habits 1s not noticed unless 
sought after by the collector of birds. (MWandile.) 
A moderately common summer resident at Ottawa. (Osawa 
Naturalist, Vo\. V.) A common summer resident in the marshes 
of eastern Ontario. It makes its nest in the sedge in wet places. 
The eggs are readily distinguished from those of the song spar- 
row, being spotted and speckled with umber instead of brick-red_ 
