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May gth, 1887, also in a marsh near Cedar hill, Vancouver island. 
(Macoun.) 
498e. San Diego Redwing. 
Agelaius phaniceus neutralis RIDGWAY. 1901. 
Breeding range north to eastern British Columbia. (Rzdgway.) 
East of Coast range, B.C. (Fannin.) Taken at Vernon, B.C. 
(Rhoads.) This form was not uncommon at Penticton, south of 
Lake Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903, and at the mouth of the 
Spullamacheen river, Shuswap lake, in August, 1889; saw fotir at 
Midway, B.C., April 11th, 1905, and a number were breeding a little 
further west at McMinn lake and Meyer creek; others were breeding 
in a marsh near the Similkameen river; observed two in the valley 
of the Kootenay river at Elko, B.C. (Spreadborough.) 
CCHI. STURNELLA. VIEILLorT. 1816. 
501. Meadow Lark. 
Sturnella magna (LINN.) SWAINS. 1827. 
Very rare in Nova Scotia; a mere straggler. (Downs.) A rare 
summer resident in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) One indi- 
vidual seen at Scotch Lake, York co., N.B., in 1879; none since. 
(W. H. Moore.) Summer resident but scarce in the district of 
Montreal. (Wzntle.) A moderately common summer resident at 
Ottawa, Ont., breeding on the Experimental Farm. (Ottawa 
Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in the old settlements of Onta- 
rio; I used to see a few in the county of Renfrew; observed three on 
Wolfe island, April 4th, 1901. (Rev. C. J. Young.) Common 
summer resident at Toronto, Ont.; Mr. Kay puts the first appear- 
ance of this species in Muskoka about 1863, and regards it as becom- 
ing common at Port Sydney; it occurs at Beaumaris. (J. H. Flem- 
amg.) Common in the London district; a very few winter with us 
in most years; not common in north Bruce and on Manitoulin island. 
(W. E. Saunders.) 
BREEDING NoTEes.—Not very common at Ottawa. Nest on the 
ground, built of dried grass; lined with finer grass. Eggs four to six. 
White, speckled with reddish and purplish. (G. R. White.) Nest 
