522 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Two; one taken at Victoria, Vancouver Island, in April, 1887, 
and the other at Comox, V.I.,in May of the same year by Prof. 
Macoun. 
5850. Slate-colored Sparrow. 
Passerella thaca schistacea (BAIRD) ALLEN. 1872. 
Quite common at Banff, Rocky Mountains in May and June, 
1891, where they were evidently breeding; rare at Penticton, B.C., 
in April, 1903; one specimen of this form was seen at Rossland, 
B.C., in June, 1902; one female was shot at Revelstoke, B.C., 
April 25th, 1899. (Spreadborough.) Taken at Nelson, on Kootanie 
River, B.C., and two intermediates from further west. (Ahoads.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Fight; five taken at Banff between May 15th and June 16th, 
1891; two taken at Penticton, B.C., April 21st, 1903, and one at 
Edmonton, Alta., May 5th, 1897, by Mr. Spreadborough. 
CCVIL:  -PEPILO > Vieirvor. 16K: 
587. Towhee. 
Pipilo erythrophthalmus (LAUNN.) VIEILL. 1824. 
Audubon, Vol. III., p. 168, states that it occurs northward to 
Labrador. (fackard.) Accidental in New Brunswick; one shot 
at Irishtown, May 8th, 1881. (Chamberlain.) Cap Rouge, near 
Quebec, obtained by Mr. Nelson. (Déonne.) A fewseen and one 
taken at Ottawa in August, 1890. (/. A. Saunders.) 
This bird breeds commonly in the county of Leeds, near Lans- 
downe, Ont. I have found the nest in a small thick hemlock 
about 18 inches above the ground on the tgth May, and on the 
ground, with four eggs, as early as the 6th May. It appears 
usually to raise a second brood. In eastern Ontario it resorts to 
the same kind of location as the fox sparrow frequents on the 
Magdalen Islands, preferring second growth woods and old 
clearings grown up with brambles and brush. It hasa preference 
for broken uneven ground. It arrives about the middle of April 
and is one of the last birds to leave in the fall, I have seen it as 
late as the end of September. (Rev. C.J. Young.) First seen at 
