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taken on 31st May, 1895, contained three fresh eggs. The nest was, 
on the sloping side of a coulée, placed on the ground under a tuft 
of grass. It was built chiefly of fine material, the base being leaves 
of grass, the coarser at the bottom. A few hairs were worked in at 
the last. Another nest identical in every way was taken 19th June, 
in a clump of Potentilla gracilis at the edge of a ravine. (Macoun.) 
5406. Oregon Vesper Sparrow. 
Poocetes gramineus affinis MILLER. 1888. 
Western Washington and British Columbia, including Vancouver 
island. (Rzdgway.) West side of Coast range, B.C., and Vancouver 
island. (Fannin.) A few observed at Chilliwack, B.C., in the 
spring of 1901; and one individual at the mouth of Tami Hy creek, 
September 9th of the same year. (Spreadborough.) 
CCXXI. PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. 1838. 
541. Ipswich Sparrow. 
Passerculus princeps MAYNARD. 1872. 
Taken at Lawrencetown near Halifax, N.S., March, 1878. (Mat- 
thew Jones.) One taken at Point Lepreaux, N.B., April, 1876. 
(Chamberlain.) On April 7th, 1895, when 260 miles from Halifax, 
on board the S.S. Labrador bound for Liverpool, two of these spar- 
rows came on board and remained for some hours; apparently they 
were on their way to Newfoundland. (J. H. Fleming.) In the 
summer of 1899 the writer spent six weeks on Sable island and had 
ample opportunity to study the habits of this bird. It was the only 
resident land-bird on the island and all nests found whether new or 
old belonged to it. Most of those found were scooped out of the 
sand and built more or less with grass. Many birds winter on the 
island, and as far as known it is its only breeding grounds. Dr. 
Jonathan Dwight, jr., of New York, has written a full account of its 
habits and nesting on the island. In 1902 Mr. W. E. Saunders, of 
London, Ont., who spent some time on the island, published a very 
full account of its life history in the Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVI. 
and in The Auk, Vol. XIX., pp. 267-271, he described the nests and 
breeding habits of this interesting bird. 
