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breed here; first seen at Medicine Hat, Sask., on April loth, 1894, 

 and later in the month a few more ; a common species at Edmonton 

 and south in the foothills to Crow Nest pass ; abundant from mouth 

 of Lesser Slave river to Peace River Landing, lat. 56°, 15', June, 

 1903; common from Edmonton to Yellowhead pass, Rocky moun- 

 tains, June, 1898. {Spreadborough.) Abundant at Grand rapids of 

 the Saskatchewan, where it was breeding; nests in thick bushes 

 along the river bank opposite the fort. (Nutting.) Very abundant 

 migrant at Prince Albert, Sask., in spring and fall; saw a small flock 

 at Prince Albert, July 23, 1903, so I presume they breed. (Coubeaux.) 

 First noticed, May 9th, 1888, at Red Deer river, north of Calgary; 

 common from that point to Edmonton and Athabaska Landing and 

 up to Little Slave river; rare down the Athabaska river to Fort 

 McMurray; not seen at all on the Clearwater river until Methye 

 portage was reached; very common on the portage and from there 

 to Isle k la Crosse. {J . M . Macoun.) Rare straggler at ChilUwack; 

 have taken it twice. {Brooks.) This bird is merely a summer 

 resident of the Northwest Territories, and is not common nor was 

 it seen by us beyond lat. 57°. {Richardson.) North to Fort Good 

 Hope on the Mackenzie river. {Ross.) This species breeds in the 

 forest and to the border of the "barrens," where several birds, nests 

 and eggs were secured; the nests were always on the ground and 

 made with fine hay lined with deer hair. {Macfarlane.) 



This is one of the rarest sparrows visiting Behring sea ; it is, how- 

 ever, much more numerous in the interior and is found along the 

 entire course of the Yukon,'at the mouth of which it breeds ; it extends 

 its summer range along the Norton sound shore of Behring sea and 

 the coast of the Arctic about Kotzebue sound, yet there is no record 

 of it having been taken on the coast of southeastern Alaska, nor 

 does it occur on any of the islands of Behring sea. {Nelson.) This 

 species is rarely common at St. Michael ; it is seen only in May and 

 November. {Turner.) This is a straggler at Point Barrow, only 

 one specimen being taken on May 24th, 1883, which was a male. 

 {Murdoch.) At the time of our arrival at our winter camp on the 

 Kowak, and up to the 9th September, juncos were seen nearly every 

 day, though not more than five at a time; they were always met 

 with in the deep spruce woods; the last were seen on the 12th Sep- 

 tember; in the following spring they were noted on the 23rd May; 

 they were never numerous, two pairs being the most that were seen 



