. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part III, sparrows, swallows, vireos, warblers, wrens, titmice and thrushes, including the order : passeres after the icteridæ. Birds; Oiseaux. 5o6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. MUSEUM Two ; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 23rcl, 1894, and one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May i6th. 1891, both by Mr. Spreadborough. CCV. MELOSPIZA. Baird. 1858. 581. Song Sparrow. Mdospiza cinerea melodia (Wilson) Ridgw. 1901. Very common in Nova Scotia; a few remain all winter. {Doivns)^ A common species at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, arriving,' in Mar
. Catalogue of Canadian birds [microform] : part III, sparrows, swallows, vireos, warblers, wrens, titmice and thrushes, including the order : passeres after the icteridæ. Birds; Oiseaux. 5o6 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. MUSEUM Two ; one taken at Medicine Hat, Assa., April 23rcl, 1894, and one at Banff, Rocky Mountains, May i6th. 1891, both by Mr. Spreadborough. CCV. MELOSPIZA. Baird. 1858. 581. Song Sparrow. Mdospiza cinerea melodia (Wilson) Ridgw. 1901. Very common in Nova Scotia; a few remain all winter. {Doivns)^ A common species at Sydney, Cape Breton Island, arriving,' in March (C. R. HatW) Common throughout the year at Wolf- viUe, King's Co., {H. Tups.) One seen at Partridge Island pier, near Parrsboro, Cumberland Co., , February 12th and and following days. Migrants reached Shulee March 22nd, becom- ing common at once. (Morrell.) Quite common at Baddeck and Margaree, Cape Breton Island. , July, 1898; breeding in large numbers at Brackley Point and other places on Prince Edward Island, July, 1888. '{Macoun.) Very abundant and generally dis- tributed on Prince Edward Island. Mr. Bain states that some winter on the island. {Divight.) A common resident in New Brunswick. (^Chamberlain.) An abundant summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., {W. H. Moore.) Common in the Restigouche valley, {Brittaifi & Cox.) Common at La^e Mistassini, northern Quebec. (/. M. Macoun.) A rather common summer resident on the Magdalen Islands. (Bishop.) Abundant along the shores of the Gut of Canso and a few at Gaspe, Que, (Bretvster.) Common summer resident in Quebec. {Dionne.) An abundant summer resident in the dist ' ~t of Montreal. Breeds in the city and in Mount Royal park, i nave found their nests with eggs from May 8th to July 28th, and observed them from March 24th to October 24th. {Wintle.) An abundant summer resident around Ottawa, breeding on banks and under bushes. {Ottawa Naturalist, Vol. V.) Common everywhere in Ontario, occasionall
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