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lake, and one individual at Peace River Landing in lat. 56° 15' in 

 June, 1903; rather common at Penticton, B.C., early in April, 1903; 

 quite common at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1891, feeding on the 

 ground up to April 1 7th, when they disappeared ; from the crossing 

 of the McLeod river, October 6th, 1898, to Edmonton, Alta., the 

 species was common, evidently passing south. (Spreadborough.) 

 Common at Athabaska Landing, ninety miles from Edmonton, 

 May 24th, 1888. (/. M. Macoun.) 



This little bird arrives in small flocks on the Saskatchewan in the 

 third week in April, and after a short halt proceeds further north 

 to breed. (Richardson.) North to Lapierre House on the Mackenzie 

 river; abundant. (Ross.) This is perhaps the most abundant 

 sparrow found breeding in the valley of Anderson river, as is evid- 

 enced by the number of nests, two hundred and sixteen, secured. 

 Most of them were found on the ground and others on dwarf willows 

 at a height of one to four feet. Four and five eggs and sometimes 

 as many as six and seven appeared to be the complement. (Mac- 

 farlane.) 



Regular summer visitor. (Lord.) Migrant; not common at 

 Chilliwack; a few stay all winter at Lake Okanagan, B.C.; a few 

 bred at Barkerville, Cariboo district, B.C., 1901. (Brooks.) Taken 

 on Vancouver island by A. H. Maynard. (Fannin.) At Haine 

 Mission, Lynn canal, I took a female, June 2nd, 1899. At Cariboo 

 Crossing, lat. 60°, B.C., we took two pairs, June 29th, one of them 

 with a nest containing three fresh eggs. The nest was buried in 

 moss at the foot of a clump of willows in a willow swamp near the 

 lake ; it was composed of fine dry grasses, lined with feathers covered 

 externally with a thick coating of living moss. It was occasionally 

 seen the whole length of the Yukon river to St. Michael. (Bishop.) 

 The western tree sparrow was numerous at Cape Blossom, Kotzebue 

 sound, Alaska. The patches of stunted willow and alder back 

 among the hills seemed to be particularly favoured by this species, 

 and in such localities full-fledged young and moulting adults were 

 found in the latter part of July. (Grinnell.) This species is very 

 common, especially along the coast of Behring sea, and of all the 

 birds that frequent bushes this is the most common to the north. 

 (Nelson.) This species arrives at St. Michael and remains about 

 two and one-half months. It breeds in the alder thickets that skirt 



