506 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two ; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 23rd, 1894, and 

 one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May i6th, 1891, both by Mr: 

 Spreadborough. 



CCV. MELOSFIZA Baird. 1858. 

 581. Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza cinerea melodia {VJii^soJn) Ridgw. igoi. 

 Very common in Nova Scotia; a few remain all winter. {Downs.) 

 A common species at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, arriving in 

 March. {C. R. Hatte) Common throughout the year at Wolf- 

 ville. King's Co., N.S. {H. Tufts.) One seen at Partridge Island 

 pier, near Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., N.S., February 12th and 

 and following days. Migrants reached Shulee March 22nd, becom- 

 ing common at once. {Morrell.) Quite common at Baddeck and 

 Margaree, Cape Breton Island. N.S., July, 1898; breeding in large 

 numbers at Brackley Point and other places on Prince Edward 

 Island, July, 1888. {Macoun.) Very abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed on Prince Edward Island. Mr. Bain states that some 

 winter on the island. {Dwight.) A common resident in New 

 Brunswick. {Chamberlain.) An abundant summer resident at 

 Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W. H. Moore.) Common in the 

 Restigouche valley, N.B. {Brittain & Cox.) Common at Lake 

 Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) A rather common 

 summer resident on the Magdalen Islands. {Bishop.) Abundant 

 along the shores of the Gut of Canso and a few at Gaspe, Que. 

 {Brewster.) Common summer resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) 

 An abundant summer resident in the district of Montreal. Breeds 

 in the city and in Mount Royal park. I have found their nests 

 with eggs from May 8th to July 28th, and observed them from 

 March 24th to October 24th. {Wititle.) 



An abundant summer resident around, Ottawa, breeding on 

 banks and under bushes. (Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common 

 everywhere in Ontario, occasionally commencing to breed in 

 the latter part of April, and continuing to do so through the 

 spring and summer as late as the middle of July. This year 

 (1901) they came on the 25th March and were then in full song. 

 I have found the nest on the ground often in a bush, and occa- 



