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This bird breeds regularly at Toronto; a nest was taken at the 

 Humber, May 15th, 1899; it is very local and not abundant. 

 -(/. H. Fleming^ The first time I saw one of these birds taken at 

 Toronto was in May, 1894, and I have met with them at intervals 

 since — notably on May 24th, i885,when I took a specimen and saw 

 another. (/. Hughes-Samuel^ A few were regularly observed 

 near London from 1878 till 1889, but none were observed from 

 1889 till 1900, when a pair spent the summer about ten miles from 

 London, Ont. This species is a fairly common inhabitant of the 

 western counties of Ontario, along the Lake Erie shore, but is 

 rare and, of late, irregular near London. A single one was noted 

 and watched for a short time near Sault Ste. Marie in September, 

 1880. {W. E. Saunders) 



^ 552a. Western Lark Sparrow. 



Chondestes grammacus strigatus (Swains.) Ridgw. 1880. 

 A common summer resident near Winnipeg ; a few seen there 

 June 3rd, 1896; one shot by Mr. Hine. The Winnipeg specimens 

 may belong to the eastern form. (Macoun.) First saw two May 

 i6th, 1894, at Medicine Hat, Assa., common by the isth; I believe 

 they breed here as I saw them up to the first week in June when 

 I left; a few specimens seen the last week in May, 1895, ^t Old 

 Wives' Creek, Assa.; not seen again until July ist, when a pair 

 ■was seen at Sucker Creek in the Cypress Hills ; quite common 

 in the Milk JRiver valley below Pend d'Oreille, later a few were 

 see4i at Castellated Rocks higher up the river. (Spreadborough.) 

 A very scarce summer visitant both east and west of the Coast 

 Range, B.C. {Brooks.) Seen only at Vernon, B.C., where two 

 pairs of adult birds were feeding their newly fledged young. 

 {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven; six taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., May, 1894, and one 

 taken at Old Wives' Creek, May 22nd, 1895, all by Mr. Spread- 

 borough. 



ecu. ZONOTRICHIA Swainson. 1831. 



553. Harris's Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) Game. 1847. 

 A number of specimens, including adults of both sexes and 

 young just from the nest, were collected, July 23rd to 30th, 1900, 



