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An abundant migrant in Manitoba. (^4 tkinson.) A not very- 

 common migrant in Manitoba; breeding at Duck mountain in 

 the northern part of the province. Nests north to the edge 

 of the woods, one noted at Last woods on Artillery lake, August 

 5th, 1907 ; also observed at Pike portage, east end of Great 

 Slave lake. {E. T. Seton.) A not very common migrant in 

 northern Saskatchewan. (Coubeaux.) First noticed on the after- 

 noon of July loth, when its beautiful song was heard in the willow 

 thickets, bordering Hayes river, a few miles above York Factory. 

 WhUe at York Factory we found fox sparrows fairly common in 

 willow thickets, and took a pair, July i6th. {Preble.) Found near 

 Red Deer, Alta., in full song, June, 1906. (W. E. Saunders.) This 

 handsome speci* breeds in the wooded districts of the Northwest 

 Territories up to the sixty-eight parallel of latitude ; it constructs its 

 nest in a low bush, of dry grass, hair and feathers. {Richardson.) 

 North to Lapierre House on the Mackenzie river ; common. {Ross.) 

 Saw one, April 19th, 1897, at Edmonton, Alta.; saw individuals up 

 to June ist, a few pairs doubtless breed here; observed two indi- 

 viduals near Edmonton, June 7th, 1898; common from Lesser Slave 

 lake to Peace River Landing, lat. 56° 15', June, 1903. {Spread- 

 borough.) Not rare at Fort McMurray at the confluence of the 

 Clearwater river and the Athabaska, lat. 56° 40' ; one bird and nest 

 seen on Methye Portage, eggs not hatched, July i8th, 1888. (/. M. 

 Macoun.) 



I did not discover the presence of the fox sparrow at Cape Blossom 

 Kotzebue sound, until the evening of July 31st, 1898; fox sparrows 

 were seen or heard all along the lower course of the Kowak, and at 

 our winter camp they were quite common up to August 23rd, when 

 they abruptly disappeared. {Grinnell.) A wave of sparrows 

 occurred at Circle City, Alaska, August 19th, 1899, and one indi- 

 vidual was indentified as being of this species. {Bishop.) Along 

 the coast of Norton sound this bird is an abundant summer resident, 

 sharing with the tree sparrows the bushy shelter of the alder thickets 

 on the hillsides and sheltered ravines. {Nelson.) The fox sparrow 

 arrives at St. Michael by the 8th June ; breeds here in the thickets 

 of alder around the edges of the small lakes. {Turner.) 



Breeding Notes. — ^This bird is very common on the Magdalen 

 islands where I found four nests in June, 1897; all except one con- 



