LIST. 



picking up dirt and dead leaves for nesting material 

 April 20. 



Genus Sialia. Swainson. 



248. Bluebird. S. sialis. (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," abundant. Breeds in Mount 

 Royal Park. Nests with eggs found May 7 and 

 14. Observed here from March 23 to October 23. 

 I shot one November 17, 1885, on the spur of 

 Mount Royal, but I think this bird had been 

 wounded sometime before, or had been a cageling, 

 as the base of the tail-feathers were stuck together. 

 The bluebirds appear to be very fond of feeding on 

 the sumach shrub early in the spring of the year. 



Genus Passer. Brisson. 



249. European House Sparrow. (English Sparrow.) 



P. domesticus. (Linn.) 



" Permanent Resident," abundant. Breeds exten- 

 sively in the city, building their nests in dwelling 

 houses, stores, etc., in any place where they can 

 lodge the material for a nesting site ; they also 

 make their nests in vines on buildings and in trees, 

 in fact almost any place where they can get a lodg- 

 ment for their nests. I have found their nests with 

 eggs from April 23 to June 1, and observed them 

 feeding their young in the nest August 1. Also 

 have noticed several albino sparrows at different 



