CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 48 1 



to the Henry House, 1898; very common and breeding at Banff, 

 Rocky Mountains, in 1891 ; first seen April 23rd at Penticton, 

 Lake Okanagan, B. C, where they became common ; very 

 abundant at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1890; one seen at Trail near 

 the 49th parallel, 1902, nearly all the specimens taken were males; 

 in May many were breeding. in burnt woods all around the town; 

 rather common at Sicamous, B.C., in July, 1889, and at Kam- 

 loops and Spence's Bridge also. (Spreadborough^ Two were 

 seen at Lake Okanagan, B.C., December i6th, 1898. Common 

 migrant at Chilliwack, B.C. {Brooks) During migration this race 

 is sparingly scattered as far west as Vancouver Island, where I 

 took two specimens. It becomes more frequent on the western 

 slope of the Coast Range, and in the, interior I found it breeding 

 at higher latitudes and altitudes. {Rhoads.) Rare spring and 

 fall migrant in British Columbia. {Streator) I found this bird 

 very common east of the Coast Range. {Fannin) Descending 

 from the bleak snow-covered rocks of White Pass we reached 

 Portage on June 14th, a country of more luxuriant vegetation. 

 Here this sparrow appeared and continued with us to Circle 

 City, Alaska. {Bishop) Everywhere in Alaska, the presence of 

 bushes and timber is an almost certain indication of this bird's 

 presence in summer. {Nelson) This species is quite abundant 

 among the alder patches on all parts of the island of St. Michael 

 and breeds in considerable numbers. {Turner) This bird occurs 

 at Point Barrow only as a straggler. Only a single individual 

 was taken. {Murdoch) Occasionally seen on the high grounds 

 of Kenai Mountains, Alaska, a few hundred feet above timber 

 line. {Chapman) A few of Gambel's sparrows were observed 

 in the vicinity of Cape Blossom, Kotzebue Sound, in July. They 

 were always seen in brush patches or at their borders, just as is the 

 case in winter in southern California. {Giinnell) One female 

 specimen taken at Point Barrow, Alaska, is typical in every way. 

 ( Witmer Stone) 



Breeding Notes. — The following spring the arrival of Gam- 

 bel's sparrow, as indicated by its beautiful song, was in the even- 

 ing of May 2ist, and the species soon became common. The 

 song is a clear sad strain of five syllables, and with rising inflect- 

 tion. In the Kowak delta on the nth June, I obtained a set of 

 six eggs in which incubation had commenced. The nest was sunk 



