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into a hummock of moss on the ground under some alder bushes 

 on a hillside. A clump of dead grass partly concealed it from 

 view. It consisted of dry grasses, lined with finer grass and black 

 rootlets. The eggs are pale Nile blue, rather evenly covered with 

 irregularly-outlined spots of chocolate and vinaceous. They are 

 ovate, and measure '83 x "63, '81 x '62, '86 x .•63, "85 x '64, '83 x '62, 

 and 76 X "60, the latter being a runt egg. {Grinnell.) 



The intermediate sparrow breeds in great numbers in the 

 wooded sections of Anderson district. The nests were nearly 

 always placed on the ground, in the tufts or tussocks of grass, 

 clumps of Labrador tea {Ledum palusire), and amid stunted 

 willows. They were composed of fine hay and lined with deer 

 hair, occasionally mixed \yith a few feathers. Several were 

 made entirely of the finer grasses. The usual number of eggs was 

 four, but a lot contained as many as five and six. Upwards of 

 one hundred nests were collected in the region referred to. 

 (Macfarlane.) On June 13th, 1893, at Banff, Rocky Mountains, I 

 came across a nest and five eggs of this species; it was built at the 

 side of a grassy mound and made of dried grass lined with hair. 

 At Peel River, Arctic America, on June 2nd, 1898, Rev. C. E. 

 Whittaker found a nest and four eggs built in a patch of moss on 

 the ground. {W. Raine.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-seven; four taken at Indian Head, Assa., in September, 

 1891; three at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894; one at Edmon- 

 ton, Alta., May 8th, 1897, ^'^d one on Bragg's Creek, below Cal- 

 gary, June 28th, 1897 ) one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May, 

 1891; six at Revelstoke, B.C., April, 1890; one at Spence's Bridge, 

 B.C., May, 1889; ten at Penticton, B.C., in April and May, 1903, 

 all by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 



5546. Nuttall's Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli Ridgway. 1899. 

 Common about the prairies and open timbered spots. {Lord?) 

 We&t of the Coast Range, especially on the coast; this is the most 

 abundant small bird in the neighbourhood of Victoria. {Fanning 

 Rare migrant at Chilliwack. {Brooks^ Taken at Agassiz and 

 Yale in May, 1889; observed five at the mouth of Tami Hy Creek, 



