. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 8o THE BACHMAN SPARROW. Nest, usually described as a domed cylinder of dried grasses, on the ground (but see fuller account below). Eggs, 3-4, pure white. Av. size, .75 x .60 ( x ). General Range.—The Carolinas and Gulf States north to southern Illlinois. Indiana and Ohio. Florida in winter. Range in Ohio.—Rare, but probably on the increase southerly; only recently noted: Columbus, by C. M. Weed; Portsmouth, by W. F. Henninger, April 23* and May 6, 1897; Cin
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. 8o THE BACHMAN SPARROW. Nest, usually described as a domed cylinder of dried grasses, on the ground (but see fuller account below). Eggs, 3-4, pure white. Av. size, .75 x .60 ( x ). General Range.—The Carolinas and Gulf States north to southern Illlinois. Indiana and Ohio. Florida in winter. Range in Ohio.—Rare, but probably on the increase southerly; only recently noted: Columbus, by C. M. Weed; Portsmouth, by W. F. Henninger, April 23* and May 6, 1897; Cincinnati, by Miss Laura Gano, April 25, 1901 ; etc. IT is very gratifying to be able to report the recent invasion of the state by this delightful vocalist from the south. To Rev. W. F. Henninger, then of Scioto County, belongs the honor of first discovery. A specimen was secured by him near South Webster, April 23, 1S97, but it was, unfortu- nately, not preserved. On April 23, 1903, the author in company with Miss Laura Gano and a party of scientists, took a singing male on Rose Hill. Cin- . , —v cinnati, and the specimen is preserved in the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. On the following day three others in full song were found upon another of those beautiful wooded hills for which the Queen City is ustly famous. These last, I rejoice to say, were not sacri- ficed even in the name of science. Miss Gano firsl noted the species at Cincin- nati. April 25, 1901. and d seen it on at least two casions since. Later in the same seas- . June 10th and nth, I me upon the Bachman ?arrow upon one of the ills near Sugar Grove, in airfield Count)'. A nest was found in a clover field, which, altho deserted at the time, belonged upon the c Author, strongest presumptive evi- TUMBEE-DOWN FENCES ARE ALSO FAVORITE J„ ' *.„ i • J /-> r resorts. deuce to this bird. One ot. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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