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Fort Simpson, on Mackenzie River; not rare. (Ross.) Common 

 during the autumnal migrations. {Streator.) Regular summer 

 visitor. {Lord.) Found east and west of Coast Range. {Fannin.) 

 At Nulato this bird is rare, but thence it becomes more and more 

 numerous towards the east and at Fort Yukon it is considerably 

 more abundant. {Nelson.) Mr. Rhoads in The Atik,'Vo\.'K,^.2\, 

 says that he cannot see any difference between specimens of this 

 species taken on Vancouver Island and those taken in Pennsyl- 

 vania, and on this account he rejects striata, which is based on 

 Vancouver Island specimens. {Macoun) Two or three pairs 

 breed in the grassy margin of the pond back of Sitka, Alaska. 

 A juvenile about one-third grown was taken on June 25th. Mr. 

 Brewster says of ^ female that was taken June 25th that it agrees 

 with striata in respect to the streaking in the upper parts, but it 

 -would be unsafe to make it that form without material. {Grinnell.) 

 An adult male was taken at Hope, Cook's Inlet, Alaska, and a few, 

 others were seen when we were there. The specimen taken shows 

 none of the characters attributed to Melospiza lincolnii striata. 

 {Osgood!) Seen at Log Cabin, June 15th, 1899; a female and a 

 nest of fresh eggs were taken near Lake Marsh, July 5th. The 

 nest was composed of coarse grass lined with fine, and was in a 

 tuft of grass in a swamp, about four inches above the water. The 

 species was occasionally met with to Circle City on the Yukon. 

 {Bishop!) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Twenty-four ; one taken in Algonquin Park, Ont., July lOth, 

 1900, three at Indian Head, Assa., in September, 1891, five at 

 Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897, three at Peace River Landing, 

 Lat. 56° 15', June, 1903, four at Banff, Rocky Mountains, in May, 

 i89i,four at Revelstoke,B.C., in May, 1890, two taken atPenticton, 

 B.C., Lat. 49°, April, 1903, two at Victoria, Vancouver Island, May, 

 1893, all by Mr. Spreadborough. 



One set of five eggs taken at Edmonton, Alta., June ist, 1897, 

 by Mr. Spreadborough. 



583a. Porbush's Sparrow. 



Melospiza lincolnii striata Brewst. 1889. 

 One seen near Victoria, Vancouver Island, April 24th, 1893, and 

 another on May 5th; after which time they were more common ; 



