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there were eight or ten pairs of birds, based on males we saw and heard. The 
females were evidently sitting and were not observed, nor did we find a nest. 
Males taken were breeding birds, and Mr. Fleming, of Toronto, to whom I[ sent 
a couple of skins for positive identification, agrees with my opinion that this 
is the first record of the species east of the Rockies, certainly the first for Sas- 
katechewan. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys. White-crowned Sparrow. Several 
pairs of this species were noted in the above district, and thanks to Mr. Pot- 
ter’s vigilance, a nest with five eggs, incubation advanced, was found on his 
ranch June 18,1919. Mr. A. C. Bent and Mr. Spreadborough, I believe, mention 
it as common in 1907 and 1908 in the Cypress Hills and apparently breeding, 
Fig. 47. THE SOUTH CYPRESS HILLS, NEAR EASTEND, SASKATCHEWAN; NEST OF 
FERRUGINOUS ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK IN FOREGROUND. 
though I do not know if the actual finding of nests and eggs has before been 
recorded from the region. It is interesting to note that we have a skin of Z. /. 
gambeli in the Provincial Museum taken at Reindeer Lake, July 16, 1914. 
Spizella socialis socialis. Chipping Sparrow. As far as my observations 
go, this bird is not common in any part of the provinee. A breeding male was 
taken in the Cypress Hills, June 15, 1919. . 
Otocoris alpestris leucolaema. Desert Horned Lark. From specimens taken 
in the Cypress Hills, this would appear to be the only form found in that re- 
gion. 
