CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 509 
was in May, 1884, and I have met with them at intervals since— 
notably on May 24th, 1885, when I took a specimen and saw another. 
(J. Hughes-Samuel.) A few were regularly observed near London 
from 1878 till 1889, but none were observed from 1889 till 1900, 
when a pair spent the summer about ten miles from London, Ont. 
This species is a fairly common inhabitant of the western counties of 
Ontario, along the Lake Erie shore, but is rare and, of late, irregular 
near London. A single one was noted and watched for a short time 
near Sault Ste. Marie in September, 1880. (W. E. Saunders.) 
552a. Western Lark Sparrow. 
Chondestes grammacus strigatus (SWAINS.) R1ipGw. 1880. 
A common summer resident near Winnipeg; a few seen there 
June 3rd, 1896; one shot by Mr. Hine. The Winnipeg specimens 
may belong to the eastern form. (Macoun.) Rareat Aweme, Man. 
(Criddle.) Collected specimens of this species at Portage la Prairie, 
Man., in 1896, but have not seen it since. (Atkinson.) First saw 
two May 16th, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Sask., common by the 15th; 
I believe they breed here as I saw them up to the first week in June 
when I left; a few specimens seen the last week in May, 1895, at Old 
Wives creek, Sask.; not seen again until July 1st, when a pair was 
seen at Sucker creek in the Cypress hills; quite common in the Milk 
River valley below Pend d’Oreille, later a few were seen at Castellated 
rocks higher up the river; saw two at Meyer creek near Midway, 
B.C., May 11, 1905; common at Osoyoos lake, found a nest there 
June 1st, on a bare hillside; the nest was a deep depression in the 
ground, under a small sage bush and was made of weeds and grass 
lined with horse hair. It contained five eggs, incubation far ad- 
vanced ; in the same year it was common on the Similkameen river. 
(Spreadborough.) A very scarce summer visitant both east and 
west of the Coast range, B.C. (Brooks.) Seen only at Vernon, 
B.C., where two pairs of adult birds were feeding their newly fledged 
young. (Rhoads.) 
CCXXVI. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. 1831. 
553. Harris Sparrow. 
Zonotrichia querula (NuTT.) GAMB. 1847. 
In Miller’s ‘‘Mammals of Ontario”? he notes a specimen seen at 
Peninsula Harbour, Lake Superior. (W. E. Saunders.) A number 
