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Calcarius pictus (Swainson). Painted Longspur. 



This beautiful species was seen on only one occasion on 

 August 13 when we observed a single individual near the east- 

 ern end of Aylmer Lake. 



Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus Bonaparte. Western Sa- 

 vannah Sparrow. 



This little sparrow is a common breeder throughout the region 

 visited by us, even within the Barren Grounds. We first saw 

 it near Edmonton on May 11. During our descent of the Atha- 

 baska we noted it near Fort McKay on May 30 and 31, and on 

 the lower Athabaska on June 2 and 3. Other localities and 

 dates follow: Forth Smith, June 16; mouth of Salt River, June 

 25 and 27; Little Buffalo River Portage, July 6; Nyarling 

 River, July 9 to 11, and Fort Resolution, July 15. It was com- 

 mon on Artillery Lake, near the tree limit, where specimens 

 were taken, August 3 and 5. We also saw it on Casba River, 

 August 8; on Clinton-Golden Lake, August 10 and 11, and at 

 various points on Aylmer Lake, August 14 to 27. During our 

 homeward trip we took specimens at Fort Reliance, near the 

 eastern extremity of Great Slave Lake on September 14 and 15, 

 and noted the species for the last time that season on Septem- 

 ber 16. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nuttall). Harris's Sparrow. 



This interesting sparrow was first noted on the Athabaska, 

 near Fort McKay, on May 30, when we saw a small flock of 

 migrants. Several others were seen and one was collected below 

 Poplar Point on June 3. 



We next saw the species on its breeding grounds on the semi- 

 barren islands in the eastern part of Great Slave Lake. The 

 first pair was seen on a small island in the channel bordering 

 Kah-d'nouay Island on July 20. Other birds, usually in pairs, 

 and betraying by their excited actions that they had eggs or 

 young near by, were seen near The Narrows, July 22, and near 

 the eastern end of the lake on July 25 and 26. We noted the 



