1920.] Birds of Saskafchcivaii and Manituha. 405 



Passerculus saiidwicliensis alaudinus. Wosteiu Savaniiuli 

 Spur row. 



Three specimens : one from Lake Ile-a-la-Crosse, 27 May, 

 an adult male from Fort Dii Brocliet, 17 July, and a juvenile 

 female, Cochrane River, 28 July. These are very dark hirds, 

 much more so than alaiulimis should be, and very different 

 from the light race that breeds in southern Saskatchewan, 

 which is no doubt nevadensis. 



Passerherbulus lecontei. Leconte's Sparrow. 

 Two specimens : one of a pair, Churchill River, 2 June; 

 a male, Haultain River, G June: " birds breeding here." 



Zonotrichia querula. Harris's Sparrow. 



Seven specimens : an adult female and a juvenile male, 

 (^ochrane River, 26 July ; an adult male, Cochrane River, 

 i)0 July, "male and female with fledged young " ; a female 

 and young bird, Cochrane River, 31 July : a female, 

 (*ochrane River, 3 August, "bird in company with others, 

 probably her fully-fledged young " ; an adult female, Lake 

 Du Brochet, 6 August. Adults' " bill dull sienna-brown " ; 

 juveniles' "bill blackish brown, yellow along edges of man- 

 dibles and at corners of mouth.'^ So little is known of the 

 early plumage of this Sparrow that a description of the young 

 of 31 July may not be out of place : Lengtli 3*75 in. ; pileum 

 with feathers brownish black indistinctly edged with greyish 

 buflf, producing a dark crown with a few greyish-buff' spots ; 

 throat and chin greyish buff", throat with a few blackish- 

 brown spots; chest brownish buff streaked with brownish 

 black ; flanks buff with brown streaks ; rest of under parts 

 buffy white. Above brown streaked with black ; upper tail- 

 coverts brownish buff^ tail darker than in adult; wing-coverts 

 tipped with buff. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli. Gambel's Sparrow. 



Three specimens : an adult male and a juvenile male, 

 Reindeer Lake, 16 July; and a young male, Cochrane River, 

 26 July. 



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