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was in May, 1884, and I have met with them at intervals since — 

 notably on May 24th, 1885, when I took a specimen and saw another. 

 (/. Hughes-Samuel.) A few were regularly observed near London 

 from 1878 till 1889, but none were observed from 1889 till 1900, 

 when a pair spent the summer about ten miles from London, Ont. 

 This species is a fairly common inhabitant of the western counties of 

 Ontario, along the Lake Erie shore, but is rare and, of late, irregular 

 near London. A single one was noted and watched for a short time 

 near Sault Ste. Marie in September, 1880. {W. E. Saunders.) 



652a. Western Lark Sparrow. 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.) Ridgw. 1880. 



A common summer resident near Winnipeg; a few seen there 

 June 3rd, 1896; one shot by Mr. Hine. The Winnipeg specimens 

 may belong to the eastern form. (Macoun.) Rare at Aweme, Man. 

 (Criddle.) Collected specimens of this species at Portage la Prairie, 

 Man., in 1896, but have not seen it since. (Atkinson.) First saw 

 two May i6th, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Sask., common by the 15th; 

 I beUeve they breed here as I saw them up to the first week in June 

 when I left; a few specimens seen the last week in May, 1895, at Old 

 Wives creek, Sask. ; not seen again until July ist, when a pair was 

 seen at Sucker creek in the Cypress hills ; quite common in the Milk 

 River valley below Pend d' Oreille, later a few were seen at Castellated 

 rocks higher up the river; saw two at Meyer creek near Midway, 

 B.C., May 11, 1905; common at Osoyoos lake, found a nest there 

 June ist, on a bare hillside; the, nest was a deep depression in the 

 ground, under a small sage bush and was made of weeds and grass 

 lined with horse hair. It contained five eggs, incubation far ad- 

 vanced; in the same year it was common on the Similkameen river. 

 (Spreadborough.) A very scarce summer visitant both east and 

 west of the Coast range, B.C. (Brooks.) Seen only at Vernon, 

 B.C., where two pairs of adult birds were feeding their newly fledged 

 young. (Rhoads.) 



CCXXVI. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. 1831. 

 553. Harris Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) Game. 1847. 

 In Miller's "Mammals of Ontario" he notes a specimen seen at 

 Peninsula Harbour, Lake Superior. (W. E. Saunders.) A number 



