I50 BENDIRE, West and Eggs of Zonotrichia querula. [April 
this species apparently thoroughly at home on Great Bird Rock. A more 
unsuitable place for a bird fond of the deep woods cannot be imagined. 
66. Merula migratoria. AmerRIcAN Ropiy.—Very abundant, breeding 
everywhere. Mostofthe nests contained fresh eggs at the time of our 
arrival. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPOSED NEST AND 
HGGS) Oley AON ODT CLA Oya Cweyle 
HARRIS’S SPARROW. 
BY CAPT. CHARLES E. BENDIRE. 
For the purpose of drawing the attention of ornithologists 
located along the northern border of Montana and Dakota, and 
throughout southern British North America, to the fact that the 
nest and eggs of this interesting species remain still unknown, and 
to the probability of its breeding in these regions, instead of 
further north, I will state that none of the large collections of 
birds, nests and eggs made by the following gentlemen of the 
Hudson’s Bay Company, Robert McFarlane, Strachan Jones, T. 
McDougall, Donald Gunn, C. P. Gaudet, and J. Lockhart, and 
which were donated to the Smithsonian Institution at Washing- 
ton, D. C., contained specimens of this species, although repre- 
senting nearly every other bird to be found breeding throughout 
the vast interior of the former Hudson’s Bay Territory. The 
explorations made by these gentlemen were thorough and con- 
tinued through several seasons, and, chiefly through the good 
efforts of Mr. Robert Kennicott, all their valuable field notes and 
an immense amount of material were brought together. 
From the fact that no specimens of Zonotrichia querula were 
obtained throughout the explorations, which extended well into 
the Arctic Circle, and began about the 54th parallel, I necessarily 
believe that the summer home of Harris’s Sparrow, if properly 
looked for, will be found along the foothills of the Bearpaw and 
Chief Mountains in Montana, along the Turtle Mountains in 
Dakota, and their centre of abundance probably near Duck 
Mountain, Manitoba, as well as in suitable localities in the Terri- 
tories of Alberta and Assiniboia, south of Lat. 54°. 
