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KOETH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[no. 27. 



seen and one Avas collected at Fort Chipewyan on May 23. The 

 sjjecies Avas common at Fort Resolution and Avas seen daily, Jidy 5 

 to 8. At Fort Rae it A\^as noted July 24, and one AA^as taken July 29. 



In the spring of 1903 AA^e first observed this species at Edmonton 

 on May 10, noting- about 25 indiAdduals. We next detected it on loAA^er 

 SlaA^e RiA^er, June 19. It A\^as abundant at Fort Resolution, and Avas 

 noted daily during the latter part of June, seA^eral being collected. 

 My brother and Car}^ noted it at Hay RiA^r on June 30, and daily at 

 Fort Providence, JuIa^ 2 to 8, and on the latter date obserA^ed young 

 just able to fly. I obserA^ecl it daily at Fort Resolution during the 

 first half of July ; noted it near Stone Island July 18 ; and found it 

 common at Fort Rae, July 26 to 29, and on Lake Marian, July 30. I 

 took an immature bird on Lake St. Croix, August 10, and last saAV 

 the species on Lake Hardisty, August IT, taking one specimen. 



In the spring of 1904 J. ^Y. Mills and H. ^Y. Jones collected a 

 small series of saA^anna sparroAvs at WiHoAv RiA^er, near Fort ProA^i- 

 dence, in May, taking the first one on May 12. At Fort Simpson 

 I first observed it May 17, taking one. I found it rather common 

 May 21 and during the remainder of the month noted it nearly cA^ery 

 day, and collected a small series. While descending the Mackenzie, 

 I noted a fcAV at Fort Norman, June 12, and at Fort McPherson, 

 July 14. On my return trip I saAV several a short distance north of 

 Edmonton, September 4. J. W. Mills took males at Fort Provi- 

 dence, May 14, 1905. 



Under the name Passereulus savanna^ Ross gaA^e this bird as abun- 

 dant about Great SlaA^e Lake, and as haA'ing been taken at Fort 

 Simpson." MacFarlane found it abundant in the Anderson RiA^er 

 region, and discovered a large number of nests.'^ The bird catalogue 

 of the National Museum records skins from Fort Rae, Big Island, 

 Fort Simpson, Fort Good Hope, Fort Liard, and Great Bear Lake. 

 Russell took specimens at Herschel Island in the summer of 1894.^ 

 Macoun records specimens of this form from Edmonton, Alberta, and 

 Peace River Landing; as Avell as eg^'s from Edmonton, taken on 

 May 27 and June 3, 1897.^ 



J. Alden Loring took one of these sparroAVS at Banff, Alberta. 

 August 29, 1894, and seA^eral at Edmonton during September of the 

 same year, finding them common. In the summer of 1896 he found 

 the species common on the trail betAveen Edmonton and Jasper House, 

 and during the early autumn of the same year observed it frequently 

 betAveen Jasper House and Smok}^ RiA^er. 



"Nat. Hist. Rev., II (second ser.), p. 281, 1862. 

 * Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, p. 442, 1891. 



Expl. in Far North, p. 267, 1898. 

 ^^Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. 470, 1904. 



