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MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Two; one taken at Victoria, Vancouver Island, in April, 1887, 

 and the other at Comox, V.I., in May of the same year by Prof. 

 Macoun. 



5Sbc. Slate-colored Sparrow. 



Passerella iliaca schistacea (Baird) Allen. 1872. 

 Quite common at Banff, Rocky Mountains in May and June, 

 1891, where they were evidently breeding; rare at Penticton, B.C., 

 in April, 1903; one specimen of this form was seen at Rossland, 

 B.C., in June, 1902; one female was shot at Revelstoke, B.C., 

 April 25th, 1890. {Spreadborough.) Taken at Nelson, on Kootanie 

 River, B.C., and two intermediates from further west. {Rhoads.) 



MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 



Eight; five taken at Banff between May 15th and June i6th, 

 1891; two taken at Penticton, B.C., April 21st, 1903, and one at 

 Edmonton, Alta., May 5th, 1897, by Mr. Spreadborough. 



CCVII. PIPILO ViEiLLOT. 1816. 



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581. Towhee. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linn.) Vieill. 1824. 



Audubon, Vol. III., p. 168, states that it occurs northward to 

 Labrador. (^Packard.) Accidental in New Brunswick; one shot 

 at Irishtown, May 8th, 1881. {Chamberlain.) Cap Rouge, near 

 Quebec, obtained by Mr. Nelson, {Dionne.) A few seen and one 

 taken at Ottawa in August, 1890. {F. A. Saunders) 



This bird breeds commonly in the county of Leeds, near Lans- 

 downe, Ont. I have found the nest in a small thick hemlock 

 about 18 inches above the ground on the 19th May, and on the 

 ground, with four eggs, as early as the 6th May. It appears 

 usually to raise a second brood. In eastern Ontario it resorts tp 

 the same kind of location as the fox sparrow frequents on the 

 Magdalen Islands, preferring second growth woods and old 

 clearings grown up with brambles and brush. It has a preference 

 for broken uneven ground. It arrives about the middle of April 

 and is one of the last birds to leave in the fall, I have seen it as 

 late aa the end of September. (Rev. C.J. Young) First seen at 



