464 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



1889, thfee at Spence's Bridge, B.C., May, 1889, and four at Pen- 

 ticton, B.C., April, 1903, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



Twosets of four eggs each taken at Crane Lake,Assa., June nth, 

 1894, by Prof. Macoun; another set of four eggs taken at Fort 

 Saskatchewan, Alta., May 7th, 1898, received from Mr. W. Raine. 



5405. Oregon Vesper Sparrow. 



PooccBtes gramineus affinis Miller. 1888. 

 Western Washington and British Columbia, including Van- 

 couver Island. {Ridgway.) West side of Coast Range, B.C., and 

 Vancouver Island. {Fannin.) A few observed at Chilliwack, B.C., 

 in the spring of 1901; and one individual at the mouth of Tami 

 Hy Creek, Sept. 9th of the same year. {Spreadborough.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMEN. 



One taken at the mouth of Tami Hy Creek, Chilliwack River, 

 -B.C., September gth, 1901, by W. Spreadborough. 



CXCVII. PASSERCULUS Bonaparte. 1838. 



^41. Ipswich Sparrow. 



Passerculus princeps M.PCi'&K&.V). 1872. 

 Taken at Lawrencetown near Halifax, N.S., March, 1878. 

 \Matthew Jones.) One taken at Point Lepreaux, N.B., April, 

 1876. {Chamberlain.') On April 7th, 1895, when 260 miles from 

 Halifax on board the S.S. Labrador bound for Liverpool, two of 

 these sparrows came on board and remainedcfor some hours; 

 apparently they were on their way to Newfoundland. {J. H. 

 Fleming)) In the summer of 1899 the writer spent six weeks on 

 Sable Island and had ample opportunity to study the habits of 

 this bird. It was the only resident land-bird on the island and all 

 nests found whether new or old belonged to it. Most of those 

 found were scooped out of the sand and built more or less with 

 grass. Many birds winter on the island, and as far as known it is 

 its only breeding grounds. Dr. Jonathan Dwight, jr., of New 

 York has written a full account of its habits and nesting on the 

 island. In 1902 Mr. W. E. Saunders, of London, Ont., who spent 

 some time on the island, published a very full account of its life 

 iiistory in the Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. XVI. 



