Oregon Junco--Junco oreganus (Townsend).

One of the commonest birds in all the regions visited includ-
ing timberline habitat on Rocher Deboule. At Puntchesakut Lake a
migration, involving numerous flocks of five or six birds, was
observed from May 8 until May 23. During the summer broods of
young were met with at various places. A migratory movement was
observed first at Francois Lake on August 4, and the number of
transients increased in the week that followed. At Puntchesakut
Lake flocks containing 20 birds and more were seen frequently:

The subspecies represented is Junco oreganus montanus
Ridgway

Chipping Sparrow-~Spizella passerina (Bechstein).

The first chipping sparrows, two, were recorded at Puntchesa-
kut Lake on May 8. It was found in varying degrees of abdunance,
and nesting in all the localities visited, except Rocher Deboule
where none was seen. The first young, being fed by parents, were
observed at Nukko Lake on July 5 and the first movement of transi-
ents, chiefly young, on July 26. On this date an estimated 200
were recorded along the 20 miles of highway between Houston and
Topley.

Another migration of 50+, all young, was observed at Francois
Lake, August 4 These were passing through and alongside a dry,
wooded, creek-bottom. None was seen again in the vicinity until
August 8.

The subspecies represented is Spizella passerina passerina
(Bechstein )

Clay-coloured Sparrow--Spizella pallida (Swainson).

An adult female of this species was collected at Bulkley Lake
on July 27. This was the only one recorded.

White-crowned Sparrow--Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster).
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Noted on migration near Quesnel on May 5, and at Puntchesakut
Lake from May 8 to May 12 inclusive. It’was not common there; the

= OGn