400 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three ; two taken at Indian Head, Assa., a female: in the 

 autumn and a male in the spring of 1892, both taken by Mr.Spread- 

 borough. One specimen taken at Blackfoot Coulee Alta., June 

 17th, 1886, by Mr. Dowling. 



Two sets of eggs ; one of four taken at Skull Creek, near Crane 

 Lake, Assa., June 8th, 1894, by Prof. Macoun, and another of five 

 eggs taken at Edmonton, Alta., May 27th, 1897, by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



489e. San Diego Redwing. 



Agelaius phceniceus luutralis Ridgway. 1901. 



Breeding range north to eastern British Columbia. (Ridgway.) 

 East of Coast Range, B.C. (Fannin) Taken at Vernon, B.C. 

 {Rhoads.) This form was not uncommon at Penticton, south of 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C., in April, 1903, and at the mouth of the 

 SpuUamacheen River, Shuswap Lake, in August, 1889. {Spread- 

 borough.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two males taken at Penticten, B.C., April loth, 1903, by Mr. 

 Spreadborough. 



Note. — It will be noticed that the ranges of the eastern red- 

 wing and that of the northern form overlap. Our specimens 

 taken on the prairie are placed under the latter form. When 

 we have more specimens of the northern bird, we can speak 

 with more certainty. 



LXXIX.v STURNELLA Vieillot. 1816. 



501. Meadow Lark. 



Stumella magna (Linn.) Swains. 1827. 



Very rare in Nova Scotia ; a mere straggler. {Downs.) A rare 

 summer resident in New Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) One indi- 

 vidual seen at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B., in 1879 ; none since. 

 {W. H. Moore) Summer resident but scarce in the district of 

 Montreal. (Wintle.) A moderately common summer resident at 

 Ottawa, Ont., breeding on the Experimental Farm. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) Very common in the old settlements of 

 Ontario ; I used to see a fesw in the county of Renfrew ; observed 

 three on Wolfe Island, April 4th, 1901. {Rev. C. J. Young) Mr. 



