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in company with three slate-colored juncos on Jan. 25th, 1899. 

 {Morrell.) Quite common at Lake Mistassini, northern Quebec, 

 breeding in 1885. (/. M. Macoun.) Taken at Beauport; a winter 

 visitor in eastern Quebec. '{Dionne.) A transient but common 

 visitant at Montreal; observed here in spring from April 7th to 

 28th, and in the autumn from October 25th to November 7th. 

 {Wintle.) 



A common migrant in spring and fall at Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A northern breeder, common in Ontario in 

 the early spring, where it is one of the first birds to come. {Rev. 

 C. J. Young.) A regular winter resident in the Parry Sound and 

 Muskoka districts ; common at Sand Lake in October, igoo. 

 (/. H. Fleming.) A common migrant at London, Ont.; a few are 

 found most winters in sheltered places. {W.E.Saunders.) Win- 

 ter visitor at Guelph, Ont. {A. B. Klugh.) A rare and transient 

 visitor at Penetanguishene, Ont. {A. F. Young.) 



No tree sparrows were observed in summer during either season, 

 (1873-74) and I think none breed as far south as this. They 

 appear in numbers with the general migration which brings the 

 northern fringillines, and which reaches this-latitude about the 

 1st of October. {Coues.) Abundant migrant in Manitoba, fre- 

 quenting thickets. It commonly frequents thick copses rather 

 than trees, and its general habits would entitle it to be called 

 scrub sparrow rather than tree sparrow. {Thompso7i-Seton.) First 

 seen at York Factory Hudson Bay, where the species was rather 

 common, and a young bird not long from the nest was taken July 

 I2th, 1900. It was abundant at Fort Churchill July 24th to 30th, 

 and we took a series at that point. Many were noted on the 

 " barren grounds," 50 miles south of Cape Eskimo, August 4th to 

 8th. On our return trip several were seen at Duck Point, Play- 

 green Lake. {Prebles.) Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay. {Clarke.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Four; three taken in Ottawa in April and November, 1890, by 

 Mr F. A. Saunders; one taken at London, Ont., 27th October, 

 1885, by Mr. W. E. Saunders. 



Four sets of eggs; two of four and one of five eggs taken at 

 Whale River, Hudson Bay, in June, 1898, by Mr. J. E. Edmunds; 

 one set of four taken at Fort Chimo, Ungava, in June, 1896, by 

 Mr. G. Bouchier. 



