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was received. Only one specimen was obtained. (Richardson.) 

 North to Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie river; rather rare. (Ross.) 

 Very abundant in the country to the eastward of Fort Anderson in 

 the "barren grounds," and on the lower Anderson river. (Mac- 

 farlane.) This species has been taken at Fort Yukon by Strachan 

 Jones but there'is no other record of its having been taken in Alaska. 

 (Nelson.) One male secured at Point Barrow, Alaska, June nth, 

 1898. (Witmer Stone.) 



Breeding Notes. — This bird breeds abundantly on the slopes 

 of the Cariboo hills, 80 miles south of the Arctic coast west of the 

 Mackenzie river delta. Here Mr. Stringer found several nests in 

 June, 1897. They were built on the ground in grassy hummocks 

 and contained from 4 to 6 eggs in each, which somewhat resemble 

 eggs of the Lapland longspur, except that they have a paler ground- 

 colour. Ten nests before me are all made of dry grass and well 

 lined with feathers. (W. Raine.) 



538. Chestnut-collared Longspur. 



Calcarius ornatus (Towns.) Stejn. 1882. 



These birds were not noticed in the immediate vicinity of Red 

 river, but I had no sooner passed the Pembina mountains than I 

 found them in profusion; from thence they extend in more or less 

 abundance to the Rocky mountains. (Coues.) A common summer 

 resident in Manitoba, local in distribution, many pairs affecting a 

 limited area of dry prairie, while for miles no more of this species 

 are to be seen. One seen on the shore of Aylmer lake. Great Slave 

 Lake district, August 13th, 1907. (E. T. Seton.) Common at 

 Aweme, Man., nesting in colonies on the open prairies. (Criddle.) 

 Abundant all over Manitoba as a migrant. Breeds sparingly in 

 some districts ; much more numerous westward. Observed breeding 

 in 1906 from Forest, Man. to Edmonton, Alta. (Atkinson.) First 

 seen at Indian Head, Sask., May 12th, 1892, by the i8th they were 

 common ; they breed there in great numbers ; very common at Crane 

 lake; seen in large flocks flying in company with McCown's bunt- 

 ing at Medicine Hat, May 2nd, 1894; breeding in large numbers 

 at Crane lake in June; found three nests with young and one with 

 four fresh eggs June 12th, 1894 ; the nest was a rather deep hole in the 



