CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 521 
lake, and one individual at Peace River Landing in lat. 56° 15’ in 
June, 1903; rather common at Penticton, B.C., early in April, 1903; 
quite common at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1891, feeding on the 
ground up to April 17th, when they disappeared; from the crossing 
of the McLeod river, October 6th, 1898, to Edmonton, Alta., the 
species was common, evidently passing south. (Spreadborough.) 
Common at Athabaska Landing, ninety miles from Edmonton, 
May 24th, 1888. (J. M. Macoun.) 
This little bird arrives in small flocks on the Saskatchewan in the 
third week in April, and after a short halt proceeds further north 
to breed. (Richardson.) North to Lapierre House on the Mackenzie 
river; abundant. (Ross.). This is perhaps the most abundant 
sparrow found breeding in the valley of Anderson river, as is evid- 
enced by the number of nests, two hundred and sixteen, secured. 
Most of them were found on the ground and others on dwarf willows 
at a height of one to four feet. Four and five eggs and sometimes 
as many as six and seven appeared to be the complement. (Mac- 
jarlane.) 
Regular summer visitor. (Lord.) Migrant; not common at 
Chilliwack; a few stay all winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C.; a few 
bred at Barkerville, Cariboo district, B.C., 1901. (Brooks.) Taken 
on Vancouver island by A. H. Maynard. (Fannin.) At Haine 
Mission, Lynn canal, I took a female, June 2nd, 1899. At Cariboo 
Crossing, lat. 60°, B.C., we took two pairs, June 29th, one of them 
with a nest containing three fresh eggs. The nest was buried in 
moss at the foot of a clump of willows in a willow swamp near the 
lake; it was composed of fine dry grasses, lined with feathers covered 
externally with a thick coating of living moss. It was occasionally 
seen the whole length of the Yukon river fo St. Michael. (Brshop.) 
The western tree sparrow was numerous at Cape Blossom, Kotzebue 
sound, Alaska. The patches of stunted willow and alder back 
among the hills seemed to be particularly favoured by this species, 
and in such localities full-fledged young and moulting adults were 
found in the latter part of July. (Grinnell.) This species is very 
common, especially along the coast of Behring sea, and of all the 
birds that frequent bushes this is the most common to the north. 
(Nelson.) This species arrives at St. Michael and remains about 
two and one-half months. It breeds in the alder thickets that skirt 
