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to the coast and Vancouver Island. {Fannin.) An abundant 

 resident at Chilliwack. Tolerably common winter resident at 

 Lake Okanagan, B.C. {Brooks.) The distribution of guttata in 

 Washington and British Columbia is singularly uniform in all 

 kinds of localities, no difference between coast arid interior indi- 

 viduals being apparent. {Rhoads.) Breeding from extreme 

 southern portion of Alaska through British Columbia, including 

 Vancouver Island, to Oregon. {Ridgway.) Saw what I took to 

 be this. form in the valley of McLennan ri^er, west of the Rocky 

 Mountains and south of Yellowhead Pass, in B.C., July, 1898; not 

 uncommon at Revelstoke, B.C., in April, 1890. Further west it 

 was found common at Sicamous and Kamloops in 1889; not com- 

 mon at Penticton, B.C., a few pairs breeding ; it was very abund- 

 ant, however, west of the Coast Range at all points visited and 

 was particularly abundant on Vancouver Island. Except at Revel- 

 stoke, it was found breeding throughout its range; like the eastern 

 song sparrow it likes to breed near water. {Spreadborougk.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. * 



Nineteen; two taken at Revelstoke, B.C., April loth, 1890; one 

 at Penticton, B.C., April, 1903; one at Sicamous, July 5th, 1889 ; 

 two at Kamloops, B.C., in June, 1889 S three at Agassiz, B.C., in 

 May, 1889; three at Hastings, Burrard Inlet, B.C., in April, 1889; 

 three at Chilliwack, B.C., in May and June, 1901 ; two at Hunting- 

 ton, B.C., in September, 1901; one at Victoria, Vancouver Island, 

 April 28th, 1893, and one at Comox, Vancouver Island, June 23rd, 

 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



Three sets of eggs; two of four taken at Hastings, B.C., April 

 27th, 1889, and Agassiz, B.C., May 21st, 1689, both by Prof. 

 Macoun. One set of five taken near Victoria, Vancouver Island, 

 by Rev. G. Taylor, in May, 1890. One of the Agassiz nests was 

 built on. the lowest strand of a wire fence. 



581/; Sooty Song Sparrow, 



Melospiza cinerea rufina (Brandt) Ridgw. 1901. 

 An abundant resident chiefly along the coast of the mainland, 

 B.C. {Fannin.) An abundant resident in the Fraser valley near 

 the International Boundary in the summer of 1901. Rather com- 

 mon along the seashore at 'Hastings, Burrard Inlet in May, 1889, 



