CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 533 
breed here; first seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., on April roth, 1894, 
and later in the month a few more; a common species at Edmonton 
and south in the foothills to Crow Nest pass ; abundant from mouth 
of Lesser Slave river to Peace River Landing, lat. 56°, 15’, June, 
1903; common from Edmonton to Yellowhead pass, Rocky moun- 
tains, June, 1898. (Spreadborough.) Abundant at Grand rapids of 
the Saskatchewan, where it was breeding; nests in thick bushes 
along the river bank opposite the fort. (Nutting.) Very abundant 
migrant at Prince Albert, Sask., in spring and fall; saw a small flock 
at Prince Albert, July 23, 1903, so I presume they breed. (Coubeaux.) 
First noticed, May goth, 1888, at Red Deer river, north of Calgary; 
common from that point to Edmonton and Athabaska Landing and 
up to Little Slave river; rare down the Athabaska river to Fort 
McMurray; not seen at all on the Clearwater river until Methye 
portage was reached; very common on the portage and from there 
to Isle Ala Crosse. (J. M. Macoun.) Rare straggler at Chilliwack; 
have taken it twice. (Brooks.) This bird is merely a summer 
resident of the Northwest Territories, and is not common nor was 
it seen by us beyond lat. 57°. (Richardson.) North to Fort Good 
Hope on the Mackenzie river. (Ross.) This species breeds in the 
forest and to the border of the ‘‘barrens,’’ where several birds, nests 
and eggs were secured; the nests were always on the ground and 
made with fine hay lined with deer hair. (Macfarlane.) 
This is one of the rarest sparrows visiting Behring sea; it is, how- 
ever, much more numerous in the interior and is found along the 
entire course of the Yukon,at the mouth of which it breeds; it extends 
its summer range along the Norton sound shore of Behring sea and 
the coast of the Arctic about Kotzebue sound, yet there is no record 
of it having been taken on the coast of southeastern Alaska, nor 
does it occur on any of the islands of Behring sea. (Nelson.) This 
species is rarely common at St. Michael; it is seen only in May and 
November. (Turner.) This is a straggler at Point Barrow, only 
one specimen being taken on May 24th, 1883, which was a male. 
(Murdoch.) At the time of our arrival at our winter camp on the 
Kowak, and up to the 9th September, juncos were seen nearly every 
day, though not more than five at a time; they were always met 
with in the deep spruce woods; the last were seen on the 12th Sep- 
tember; in the following spring they were noted on the 23rd May; 
they were never numerous, two pairs being the most that were seen 
