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)ntario. {Rev. C. J. You7tg.) Mr. Kay took one specimen at 

 'ort Sydney, Muskoka district in the summer of 1890. (/. H. 

 leming.) I have found this bird fairly plentiful in suitable 

 ilaces around Toronto; and have met with it as early as April 

 2th. Took two on April 2ind, 1899. They usually haunt waste 

 round in which occasional clusters of bushes are found. I know 

 f one spot of waste ground interspersed with small patches of 

 /itch hazel and scrub oak, which is never without a few repre- 

 entatives of this pretty little sparrow. Breeds here. Can easily 

 e identified at a considerable distance by its cinnamon-tipped 

 eak. (/. Hughes-Samuel.) Locally distributed, but generally 

 ommon near London, Ont. Easily found by its song, but not 

 onspicuous otherwise. It nests both on the ground and in small 

 hrubs one to four feet from the ground. In my trips to the 

 Jruce Peninsula have seen but few of these birds. While at 

 Cazabazua, 40 miles north of Ottawa, it has been fairly common 

 t every visit. Arrives at London about April 20th and departs, 

 bout October 2nd. {W.E.Saunders.) 



Very rare summer resident. Red River settlement; breeding. 

 D. Gtinn.) Winnipeg; summer resident ; tolerably common. 

 Htne.) Have seen it west of Winnipeg. {R. H. Hunter.) Qu'- 

 ^ppelle; common summer resident; breeds; arrives about April 

 5th. {Guernsey.) All the above references are taken from Thomp- 

 on-Seton's " Birds of Manitoba " and it may be noted that none 

 re his own observations. My opinion from many years' obser- 

 ation and correlation of other statements is that nearly all, if not 

 11 the above refere.ces are erroneous, and that they apply to the 

 lay-coloured sparrow {Spizella pallida) which we know is abund- 

 nt, at leagt in western Manitoba. The latter, though abundant, 

 i^as not recorded by Guernsey, R. H. Hunter, nor Mr. Hine so 

 hat in these three cases I am quite sure that the identification is 

 /rong, I"doubt very much the occurrence of this bird at Win- 

 ipeg. {Macoun.) 



Breeding Notes. — I have found the nest several time^ by the 

 oadside in a small bush. It appears to Ge a late breeder as the 

 ests I found had fresh eggs in them in July. If closely observed 

 his bird is unmistakable, being easily recognized by its waxen- 

 oloured bill. {Re7/. C.J. Young.) 



