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Chilliwack valley ; very abundant at Huntington, B.C., on Sept. 

 9th, igoi, feeding on thistle seed; first seen on April loth, at Vic- 

 toria, but common by April 17th, 1893 ; nest found May nth on 

 the ground, made of dry grass, lined with hair and containing three 

 eggs ; a summer resident on all parts of Vancouver Island, they 

 do not appear to be common at Comox. {Spreadborough.) A very 

 common species on Vancouver Island;, it was abundant on road- 

 sides and in fields at Salt Spring Island and Comox in May, 1887. 

 {Macoun.) A very abundant summer resident on the coasts of 

 British Columbia. {Rhoads) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Nine ; five taken at Huntington, B.C., in September, 1901; four 

 on Vancouver Island in April, 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



One set of five eggs taken on Beacon Hill, Victoria, Vancouver 

 Island, May l6th, 1890, by Mr. J. Fannin. 



5 5 7. Golden-crowned Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia coronata (Pall.) Baird. 1858. 

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

 A very abundant spring and fall migrant. {Streator.) An abundant 

 summer resident. {Fannin.) Not common ; migrating in the 

 lower Fraser valley ; breeds on the mountain tops at timber line. 

 {Brooks.) Quite rare at Hastings, Agassiz, and Vancouver in April, 

 1889 ; not rare on Vancouver Island at Victoria in spring, seen for 

 the first time April 27th, in 1893, by May 9th they had disappear- 

 ed. {Spreadborough.) Abundant at Salt Spring Island and Comox 

 in May, 1887. {Macoun.) In abundant flocks during our stay at 

 Coldstream, Vancouver Island. I am inclined to doubt Mr. Fan- 

 nin's statement that they are resident on Vancouver Island and 

 would restrict their southern range in summer to the Queen Char- 

 lotte Islands. {Rhoads.) At English" Bay, near Vancouver City 

 saw a flock of nearly 100 May 4th, 1890; very common on Sumas 

 prairie in October of the same year. {E. F. G. White.) 



A few of these sparrows were seen and heard on August 21st 

 in brush among spruces back of our camp on the Kowak River, 

 Kotzebue Sound. They were not common at any time. {Grinnell.) 

 Common in the low, second growth brush about the village of 

 Hope, Cook's Inlet, Alaska ; also occasionally seen on the moun- 



