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direction. According to Mr. Kennicott few birds 

 were found by him breeding- as far south as Fort 

 Resolution, but were discovered nesting rather 

 abundantly about the 65 of latitude. Mr. Mac- 

 Farlane found them in great numbers breeding on 

 the borders of the barren-ground region along 

 the Anderson river. The nests discovered by 

 him were all on the ground and hidden by dry 

 leaves, tufts of grasses, and projecting roots, in 

 dense woods or in open grounds. Dr. Brewer 

 says that it breeds more or less abundantly in 

 nothern and eastern parts of Maine, and through- 

 out New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and especially 

 at Pictou, where it was observed in repeated in- 

 stances to nidificate within out-houses. "In a 

 woodshed connected with the dwelling of Mr. 

 Dawson," he saw several nests "built within reach 

 of the hand, and in places where the family were 

 passing and repassing throughout the day." The 

 last mentione4 writer says on his way from Hali- 

 fax to Pictou he found them "breeding by the 

 roadside often under the shelter of a projecting 

 bank in the manner of the Passercuhis savanna!' 

 In Western Massachusetts they breed in all parts 

 of the Green Mountain range. Wilson met them 

 breeding among the Alleghanies in Virginia, and 

 highlands of Pennsylvania and New York. In 

 Otsego County in the latter state, and especial!)' 

 in the town of Otsego, they have been discovered 

 breeding in great numbers. 



According to Dr. Brewer, the nest of this 



