CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 5I5 



observed a number in a marsh on Depot Creek, Chilliwack Lake, 

 B.C., July 24th, 19O1; took one in a peat bog at Huntington on 

 the International Boundary on September 24th. {Spreadborough) 

 Mount Lehman, lower Fraser valley ; also Vancouver Island. 

 {Streator.) Collected at Comox, Vancouver Island, in September, 

 l888, by E. H. Forbush. {Fannin.) Tolerably common migrant 

 at Chilliwack; tolerably common breeder in the Caribou district, 

 B.C.; one set of five eggs.taken at 158-Mile House, July 3rd, 1901. 

 {Brooks.) 



All our specimens are placed with the M. litwolnii, ks we cannot 

 separate them from that species. {Macotm.) 



-584. Swamp Sparrow. 



Melospiza georgiana (Lath.) Ridgw. 1885. 



Audubon, Vol. Ill, p. iii, states it to be abundant in Labrador. 

 {Packard?) Not uncommon along the Humber River, Newfound- 

 land, 1889. (Louis H.Porter ^ A common summer resident in Nova 

 Scotia. {Downs) Nest found at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, 

 May 25th, 1901; arrives in April. {C. R. Harte) Fairly common 

 from May to October at Wolfville, King's Co., N.S. {H. Tufts) 

 Breeding in some numbers around the swamps at Brackley Point 

 and Rustico, Prince Edward Island, June, 1888. (Mztoaw.) Rather 

 common in very wet, bushy meadows, with alders here and there, 

 or in open swamps of limited area, such as occur along brooks in 

 a cleared country such as Prince Edward Island. Not uncommon 

 at Baddeck, Cape Breton Island. {Dwight.) An uncommon sum- 

 mer resident at St. John, N.B. {Chamberlain.) A common sum- 

 mer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., N.B. {W.H.Moore.) Not 

 uncommon on Magdalen Islands. {Bishop.) Rare in the Resti- 

 gouche valley, N.B. [Brittain & Cox.) An abundant species on 

 Anticosti Island and breeding there. [Brewster.) Taken at Beau- 

 port ; a summer resident in eastern Quebec. {Dionne) A com- 

 mon summer resident around Montreal. It is common in the 

 marshes, but on account of its retiring habits is not noticed unless 

 sought after by the collector of birds. {Wintle.) 



A moderately common summer resident at Ottawa. {Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. V.) A common summer resident in the marshes 

 of eastern Ontario. It makes its nest in the sedge in wet places. 

 The eggs are readily distinguished from those of the song spar- 

 row, being spotted and speckled with umber instead of brick-red 



