102 THE KIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



Genus Junco. Wagler. 



1^1. Slate-colored Junco. (Wilson's Snowbird.) J. 



hyemalis. (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds in 

 Mount Royal Park. I have found their nests, 

 with eggs, from May 17 to June 19, and have ob- 

 served them here from March 29 to October 25, 

 and on one occasion I saw two here December 24, 

 1882, in a sheltered place on the Cote des Nieges 

 road, and where they evidently intended to winter, 

 as the weather was very cold and the land was 

 covered with deep snow at the time. In 1885 this 

 species appeared to me to have been altogether 

 absent here during the spring and summer of that 

 year, as I did not see a single individual of this 

 species during that time, but saw some October 25. 

 I made enquiries of other observers of our birds, as 

 to whether they had seen any juncos here, at the 

 time I noticed the latter' s absence, but none of them 

 could remember having seen any, and I cannot 

 suggest any cause for this bird's non-appearance 

 till the autumn of that year, as they are regular 

 summer residents here. 



Genus Melospiza. Baird. 



182. Song Sparrow. (Gray-bird.) M. fasciata (Gmel.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds in the 



city and in Mount Royal Park. I have found their 



