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from three to five. One summer some nests were found to have 

 their eggs broken in them. It was some time before I could find 

 out the cause. At last one morning, when sitting in view of a 

 nest on an apple tree, a fine male of this species was seen to 

 deliberately pick a hole in the shell of an egg and drink its con- 

 tents. I then surmised that it was this bird that was doing all 

 on the mischief. {W. H. Moore.) This species nests in bushes or 

 on the middle branches of large trees at Ottawa. The nest is 

 composed of rootlets and lined with hairs. {Garneau.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Seven; two taken at Ottawa in September, 1891, by Mr. F. A. 

 Saunders; one at Ottawa in May, 1888, by Prof. Macoun; one at 

 London, Ont., by Mr. W. E.Saunders, May 4th, 1885; three taken 

 at Medicine Hat, Assa., in May, 1894, by Mr. Spreadborough. 



Two sets of four eggs each, taken at Ottawa on May 31st and 

 24th, 1899, '^y ^r. A. L. Garneau. 



560«. Western Chipping Sparrow. 



Spizella socialis arizona Coues. 1872. 

 Regular summer visitor in British Columbia. {Lord.) Found 

 only in the interior, where it breeds abundantly. {Streator.) An 

 abundant summer resident east and west of the Coast Range; 

 breeds in the neighborhood of Victoria. {Fannin.) Common 

 summer resident at Chilliwack. {Brooks.) Six skins taken at 

 Ashcroft, B.C., are considered intermediate between this and the 

 ■eastern form. {Rhoads!) This species found to be common at 

 Banff and breeding in the summer of 1891 ; not uncommon at 

 Revelstoke and in Eagle Pass in May, 1890; further down the 

 ■Columbia River at Deer Park and Robson it was quite common 

 and seemed to increase to the south; quite common at Kamloops 

 and Spence's Bridge in 1889 ; observed several individuals at 

 Chilliwack, B.C., in the spring of 1901; a few seen at Penticton in 

 April, 1903; first seen at Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 26th, 

 1893, quite common by May 9th ; an abundant summer resident 

 at Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox. {Spreadborough!) 



Breeding Notes. — Common summer resident near the Inter- 

 national Boundary at Trail, B.C. ; found a nest and three eggs 

 June 5th, 1902, in a small bush about 18 inches from the ground, 



