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brush-heaps. In the fall I have seen it on Wolfe Island, near King- 

 ston, in September, but it is not so familiar a bird at that season. 

 (Rev. C. J. Young.) Regular migrant at Toronto, Ont. ; a fairly 

 common migrant in the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts. (J. 

 H. Fleming.) Transient visitant at Penetanguishene, Ont.; not 

 va-y common. (A. F. Young.) 



A summer migrant in Manitoba, probably breeding in the north- 

 eastern regfions; abundant at the mouth of the Great Slave river 

 in 1907 but not seen farther northeasterly. (E.^T. Seton.) A 

 regular but not abundant migrant in Manitoba. {Atkinson.) Only 

 seen at Indian Head, Sask. as a migrant between the 9th and 20th 

 May; they were quite common for some time. First seen on May 

 4th at Medicine Hat, Sask; they were common by the 9th, but 

 were all gone by the 15th. On June 24th of the same year they 

 were common in all the brush on the east end of the Cypress hiUs 

 and were certainly breeding. First seen at Edmonton, Alta., May 7th, 

 1897; none seen after the ninth. All were migrants. {Spread- 

 borough.) First noticed in numbers at Prince Albert, Sask., last 

 spring (1899). Probably common but irregular in its visits. {Cou- 

 beaux.) 



554a. Gambel Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli Ridgw. 1899. 



I was surprised to find that the white-crowned sparrows of the 

 Mouse (Souris) river were the variety instead of typical leucophrys, 

 but such was the case, as shown beyond question by some of the 

 specimens taken with perfect head-dress; found also in the Rocky 

 mountains in the autumn where they possibly breed. {Coues.) A 

 regular but not abundant migrant in Manitoba, rather more numer- 

 ous than leucophrys. {Atkinson.) North to Lapierre House on 

 the Mackenzie river. (Ross.) Abundant on islands in Great 

 Slave lake in 1907. {E. T. Seton.) This species is a northern 

 bird and breeds in all parts of the Northwest Territories, arriving 

 about the middle of May and leaving early in September. 

 {Richardson.) North to Fort Resolution on Great Slave lake ; 

 rare. {Ross.) This was common- as a migrant at Indian 

 Head in 1892, and at Medicine Hat, Sask., in May 1894. 

 About forty mile southwest of Calgary this species was rather 

 common; a nest was taken June 28th having five fresh eggs, placed 



