CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 4OI 



Kay puts the first appearance of this species in Muskdka about 

 1863, and regards it as becoming common at Port Sydney ; it 

 occurs at Beaumaris. (/. H. Fleming^ Common in the London 

 district ; a very few winter with us in most years ; not common in 

 north Bruce and on Manitoulin Island. {W.E.Saunders!) Not 

 very common at Ottawa. Nest on the ground, built of dried 

 grass; lined with finer grass. Eggs four to six. White, speckled 

 with reddish and purplish. {G. R. White!) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Three ; one purchased with the Holman collection in 1885 ; 

 one taken near Toronto, Ont., by Mr. Samuel Herring ; one taken 

 at London, Ont., by Mr. W. E. Saunders. 



One set of four eggs taken at Port Hope, Ont., May 30th, 1899, 

 by Mr. Meeking. Nest of fine dry grass and placed in a hole 

 in the ground in a meadow where the grass was several inches 

 high. 



-5016. Western Meadow Lark. 



Stuntella magna neglecta (AuD.) Allen. 1872. 



One specimen of this species was taken by Mr. G. R. White 

 within the city of Ottawa. ■ The bird was singing on top of an elm 

 tree when shot. 



All the meadow larks observed on the International Boundary 

 Lat. 49° were this form. They are a common bird of the whole 

 country, though less numerous as we approach the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. {Coues.) An abundant summer resident of the prairie 

 part of Manitoba, breeding freely at all points. (Ttwrnpson-Seton!) 

 A number was seen along the Red River between Winnipeg and 

 West Selkirk, June 14th, 1901. Specimens procured at Winnipeg 

 have been examined and prove referable to this form. {Prebles.) 

 This is a characteristic bird of Assiniboia and Alberta. It is com- 

 mon everywhere where there is brush or trees, although it always 

 builds on the prairies, yet it mounts a tree or bush to sing, and 

 evidently nests in the vicinity; in traverses of over 1,000 miles by 

 wagon it was constantly found where there was brush. It was 

 quite common on Lee's Creek and Milk River in southern Alberta. 

 Only one seen at Edmonton, Alta., in 1897, but they were com- 

 mon in the foothills south to Crow's Nest Pass. Apparently rare 

 in the Rocky Mountains, but it is common as far as Morley, in 

 the Bow River Pass. None observed at Banff in 1891, and only 



