474 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Six ; two taken at Indian Head, Assa., May lOth, 1892, two 

 at Edmonton^ Alta., in May and June, 1897, and a pair at Peace 

 River Landing, Atha., June i6th, 1903. 



One set of four eggs taken at Indian Head, Assa., on June 33rd, 

 1892, by Mr. Spreadborough ; one set of four takenat Sewell, 

 Man., June 12th, 1896, by Prof. Macoun. 



549-1. Nelson's Sparrow. 



Ammodramus nelstmi (hi.iJS.TA) Norton. 1897. 

 There are several records for Toronto. Dr. Dwight says the 

 Toronto birds are more nelsoni than subvirgatus, but not typical. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) I took a very fine female on 28th October, 1896, 

 at Toronto, and on the 17th' November, Mr. I. Percival Turner 

 took two, a male and female, at the same spot. On the 17th 

 November, 1900, 1 visited the place again and saw two. {/.Hughes- 

 Samuel.) On the 22nd September, 1894, near Toronto, Ont., I 

 shot two individuals of this species ; on June lOth, 1895, ^ shot 

 a female and in the autumns of 1896-97-98 I saw many others. {C. 

 W. Nash.) 



On my arrival at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mr. Hine surprised me 

 by producing a specimen of this form, shot at Winnipeg on May 

 25th, 1892. On June 30th, at Carberry, I heard a curious bird note 

 and going over the slough to the spot, I put up two small dark- 

 coloured sparrows. I obtained one which proved to be this form; 

 later in the day I took two more; the above specimens were sub- 

 mitted to Mr. F. M. Chapman and pronounced true nelsoni. 

 { Thompson- Seton^ 



Breeding Notes. — On June 12th, 1893, Mr. Dippie and myself 

 found this bird nesting at Long Lake, Manitoba. The nest and 

 eggs I presented to the U. S. National Museum at Washington. 

 On the 14th JunCj 1894, I again visited the locality and was for- 

 tunate in finding another nest and four eggs of Nelson's sparrow 

 and the next day I took another set of five eggs. Nests were 

 made of dried grass and built in a tuft of marsh hay a few inches 

 from the ground. Their voice is like that of a grasshopper and 

 they sing until long after sunset. {W. Raitie^) 



