518 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
landing, Alta., lat 56° 15’, in June, 1903; observed from Edmonton 
to the Pembina river in June, 1898. (Spreadborough.) One of the 
most abundant birds at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan river; it breeds 
there in great numbers. (Nutiing.) First noticed at Prince Albert, 
Sask., in company with other sparrows on September 2, 1900. 
(Coubeaux.) This species reaches the Saskatchewan about the mid- 
dle of May, and spreads throughout the Northwest Territories up 
to lat. 66° to breed. (Richardson.) North to Fort Simpson on 
the Mackenzie river; rare. (Ross.) First seen May 7th, 1888, 
near Calgary; common from there to Edmonton and Athabaska 
Landing and up to Lesser Slave river, down the Athabaska to Clear- 
water river, and up that river to Methye portage and thence to 
Isle a la Crosse; it is the chief bird of the whole reigon. (J. M. 
Macoun.) 
BREEDING NotTes.—Nest on ground among bushes, composed 
of grass, weed stems and moss, lined with rootlets and fine grass. 
Eggs 4,'dull white, spots and splashes of brown and lavender. (G. 
R. White.) I have observed that this bird is sparingly distributed 
throughout eastern Ontario through the summer. In June, 1888, 
I foundstwo nests on the rocky ground, two miles west of the village 
of Renfrew, Ont., one in a small thick bush, the other among grass, 
etc.,"on=the ground. During ten years I observed one pair close to 
Lansdowne, Ont., that by their manner had young, though I did not 
succeediin finding the nest. I saw one bird on the Magdalen islands 
and}have seen two nests taken in 1899 near Mingan, Que., where 
it commonly breeds; breeds abundantly in North Frontenac and 
North Hastings, Ont. (Rev. C. J. Young.) I found a nest of this 
bird May 24th, 1886, in the park, built in the roots of an up-turned 
tree stump, containing four eggs, and another nest May 30th, 1891, 
at Hochelaga woods containing three eggs, built on the ground in 
a tussock of grass. (Wunile.) I took a nest near Sand lake on 
May 25th, 1897. It was placed under some dead ferns on the flat, 
grassy bank of a stream, and was lined with moose hair; there 
were four eggs in the set. I took a nest some years ago at Rosseatt, 
built about three feet up in a raspberry bush. (J. H. Fleming.) 
On June 8th, 1893, I found a nest and eggs at Long lake, Manitoba; 
June roth, 1901, I found two nests at Carleton Junction, 40 miles 
west of Ottawa, one nest was on the ground, the other in a brush 
heap some distance above the ground. (W. Raine.) The nesting 
