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water, generally in old grass in a marsh or by a pool. Nest com- 

 posed altogether of dried grass with a lining of finer grass and a 

 little horse or other hair. (Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Forty-seven; seven at Indian Head, Assa., May, 1891; iwo at 

 12-Mile Lake, near Wood Mountain, Assa., June, 1895; ^^^ ^^ 

 Grane Lake, Assa., June 7th, 1894; one at Peace River Landing, 

 Atha., June i6th, 1903; nine at Edmonton, Alta., May and June, 

 1897; two ^t Ban£f,Rocky Mountains, June, 1891 ; foul: at Revelstoke 

 B.C., April, 1890; two at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903; two at the 

 mouth of Salmon River, B.C., July, 1902; three at Agassiz, B.C., 

 May, 1889; nine at Huntington, B.C., October, 1901, and four at 

 Victoria, Vancouver Island, April, 1893, all by Mr. W. Spread- 

 borough. 



Four sets of eggs ; one of four taken at Twelve-mile Lake, 

 Assa., June 7th, 1895, tiy the writer ; three sets of five eggs each, 

 taken at Edmonton, Alta., on June 3rd and May 27th, 1897, by 

 Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



542. Labrador Savanna Sparrow. 



Fasserculus sandwichensis labradoricus R. H. Howe, Jr. 

 Fairly common at Port Manvers, Lat. 57° northeastern Labra- 

 dor during the last half of August and the first week of September, 

 1900. (Witmer Stone!) 



CXCVIII. CENTRONYX Baird. 1858. 



545. Baird's Sparrow. 



Centronyx bairdii (Aud.) Baird. 1874. 

 It is difficult to understand how this bird eluded observation 

 for thirty years from the time of its original discovery by Audu- 

 bon on the upper Missouri nearly to the present day. I did not 

 meet with the species along the Red River itself, but found it as 

 soon as I passed from the Pembina Mountains to the boundless 

 prairies beyond. In some particular spots it outnumbered all the 

 other birds together, and on an average through the country 

 from the Pembina Mountain to the Mouse (Souris) River it was 

 one of the trio of commonest birds. The skylarks and chestnut- 

 collared longspur being the other two. (Coues) An abundant 



