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season of this species is from May to August; eggs from three to 
five in a set placed in a snugly built nest of grasses, lined with finer 
grasses and hair, placed in brush or on the ground and well con- 
cealed ; the birds show much anxiety when one approaches the nest. 
The young when fledged do not show white on the head or throat. 
(W.H. Moore.) Near Ottawa and at Lake Nominingue, 100 miles 
north of it, the nest is found in woods, under branches, in a bed 
of green moss, or sometimes in a bush. It is built of coarse grasses, 
rotten wood, dried leaves and usually green moss. The lining is 
fine grass or hairs. The set is of three or four eggs laid in June or 
July. (Garneau.) In June, 1903, two nests of this species were 
found by the writer in a swampy thicket near Ottawa; one was in 
a clump of dead Carex stems (Carex riparia) and the other in a very 
old brush-heap. (Macoun.) 
CCXXVII. SPIZELLA Bonaparte. 1832. 
559. Tree Sparrow. 
Spizella monticola (GMEL.) BAIRD. 1858. 
Common throughout Labrador. Breeds plentifully at Fort Chimo, 
where eggs and nests were taken. (Packard.) None seen on James 
bay until a little north of Fort George when they became common. 
Very abundant across Ungava from Richmond gulf to Fort Chimo 
in the summer of 1896. (Spreadborough.) Rather uncommon in 
northeastern Labrador, but widely distributed. I observed a good 
many at Port Mafvers, lat. 57°. (Bzgelow.) A common winter 
visitor in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) Fairly common in winter in 
Nova Scotia. (H. F. Tujts.) A regular winter visitor in New 
Brunswick. (Chamberlain.) A winter visitor at Scotch Lake, York 
co., N.B. ; tolerably common in some localities. (W. H. Moore.) 
Two seen at Parsboro, N.S., in company with three slate-coloured 
juncos on January 25th, 1899. (Morrell.) Quite common at Lake 
Mistassini, northern Quebec, breeding, in 1885. (J. M. Macoun.) 
Taken at Beauport; a winter visitor in eastern Quebec. (Dzonne.) 
A transient but common visitant at Montreal; observed here in 
spring from April 7th to 28th, and in the autumn from October 25th 
to November 7th. (Wzntle.) Observed at Albany, James bay, 
migrating south and from there to Missinabi on our way up Moose 
river. (Spreadborough.) We have four sets of eggs in our collection, 
