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above the ground. (W. Raine.) The nesting season of this species 

 is from May to August ; eggs from three to five in a set placed in 

 a snugly built nest of grasses, lined with finer grasses and hair,placed 

 in brush or on the ground and well concealed; the birds show much 

 anxiety when one approaches the nest. The young when fledged 

 do not show white on the head or throat. {W. H. Moore ) Near 

 Ottawa and at Lake Nominingue, lOO miles north of it. The 

 nest is found in woods, under branches, in a bed of green moss or 

 sometimes in a bush. It is built of coarse grasses, rotten wood, 

 dried leaves and usually green moss. The lining is fine grass or 

 hairs. The set is of three or four eggs laid in June or July. 

 {Garneau.) In June, 1903, two nests of this species were found by 

 the writer in a swampy thicket near Ottawa; one was in a clump 

 of dead Carex stems (Carex riparia) and the other in a very old 

 brush-heap. {Macoun.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Ten ; one purchased with the Halman collection in 1885 ; one 

 taken at Ottawa in May, 1886, by Mr.E. F.G.White; three taken at 

 Ottawa by Mr. F. A. Saunders in September, 1890; three taken at 

 Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun ; two by Mr. W. Spread- 

 borough at Edmonton^ Alta., in May, 1897. 



One set of four eggs taken at Wolfville, N.S., June 12th, 1894, 

 by Mr. Tufts. 



CCIII. SPIZELLA Bonaparte. 1832. 



559. Tree Sparrow. 



Spisella monticola (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 

 Common throughout Labrador. Breeds plentifully at Fort 

 Chimo, where eggs and nests were taken. {Packard^ None 

 seen on James Bay until a little north of Fort George when they 

 became common. Very abundant across Ungava from Rich- 

 mond Gulf to Fort Chimo in the summer of 1896. {Spreadborough.) 

 Rather uncommon in northeastern Labrador, but widely distri- 

 buted. I observed a good' many at Port Manvers, Lat, 57°. 

 {Bigelow.) A common winter visitor in Nova Scotia. (Downs.) 

 Fairly common in winter at Wolfville, King's Co., N.S. {!/. Tufts?) 

 A regular winter visitor in New Brunswick. (Chamberlain^ A 

 winter visitor at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B.; tolerably common 

 in some localities. (W. H. Moore)) Two seen at Parrsboro, N.S., 



