1908.] 



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form, from Fort Simpson." Ross listed Z. gamheli as abuiKlant 

 in the Mackenzie River region north to La Pierre House.^ Mac- 

 Farhine found it breeding in great numbers in the wooded parts of 

 the Anderson River region, recording it under the name of Z. I. 

 intermedia.'^ In notes sent to the Smithsonian he states that the 

 birds were numerous at Fort Anderson, May 28, 1865. Skins from 

 Fort Resohition, Fort Rae, lower Anderson River, and Peel River 

 [Fort McPherson], the latter taken July 15, 1892, by Miss Elizabeth 

 Taylor, are in the National Museum. The catalogue of the birds 

 shows that skins were received also from Big Island; Fort Simpson 

 (May 22, 1860; May 20, 1861); Fort Liard; Fort Norman; Fort 

 Good Hope; Great Bear Lake; and La Pierre House (May 25, 

 1863). Macoun states on the authority of Spreadborough that this 

 bird was common from Prairie Creek (on the Jasper House trail 

 west of Edmonton) to Henry House, Alberta, in the summer of 1898.'^ 

 J. Alden Loring reported this form common at Edmonton, Alberta, 

 September 7 to 26, 1894, collecting one specimen. 



Zonotrichia coronata (Pall.). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 



In the early autumn of 1896 J. Alden Loring found the golden- 

 crowned sparrow frequenting willow thickets near water on the 

 route between Jasper House and Smoky RiA'er, and took a specimen 

 near the head of Grand Cache River, August 31. The species prob- 

 ;dily occurs in that region only during migration. 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.). AYhite-throated Sparrow. 



This Avidely distributed species occurs in summer throughout the 

 region north to Great Slave Lake and along the Mackenzie to Fort 

 Good Hope, but apparently is absent or rare in the more elevated 

 country to the northward of Fort Rae. 



In 1901 a few white-throated sparrows were seen near Sturgeon 

 River, 25 miles north of Edmonton, May 1, and the species was 

 noted a short distance below Athabaska Landing, May 6. It was 

 common also and was noted daily along the Athabaska between 

 Cascade Rapid and Athabaska Lake, May 13 to 17. It was several 

 times noted near Fort Chipewyan, May 23 to June 5, and was seen 

 10 miles below the Peace, June 10; at Smith Landing, June 14; on 

 Smith Portage, June 18; at Fort Smith, June' 20; 60 miles below 

 Fort Smith, June 30; and on lower Slave River, July 2 and 3. At 

 Fort Resolution it was noted by myself, July 5, 7, and 8, and almost 



« Ann. and Mag. Xat. Hist., XI, p. 484, 1843. 

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

 « Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., XIV, p. 442, 1891. 

 Cat. Canadian Birds, Part III, p. 480, 1904. 



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