. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . somewhat impeded;after which the burr proceeds with the original or accelerated rapidity—thewhole occupying three seconds. The song will carry a hundred yards for asharp ear, or further if the ear be laid to the ground; but a fresh cold in thehead will spoil the concert at thirty feet. Only once did I see a Grass-hopper Sparrow holding forth fromthe top of a tall sapling in a fence-row. Surely he must have atonedfor his boldness by skulking amongthe grass roots for two days there
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . somewhat impeded;after which the burr proceeds with the original or accelerated rapidity—thewhole occupying three seconds. The song will carry a hundred yards for asharp ear, or further if the ear be laid to the ground; but a fresh cold in thehead will spoil the concert at thirty feet. Only once did I see a Grass-hopper Sparrow holding forth fromthe top of a tall sapling in a fence-row. Surely he must have atonedfor his boldness by skulking amongthe grass roots for two days there-after. The birds require to be nearlystepped upon — technically kickedout — before they will take will move off in a flurried zig-zag, but others with a direct buzzingflight like a bee, — in both cases toplump down into the weeds at nogreat distance. The nest, a rather careless af-fair of curled grasses, is placed atthe foot of a clover plant or grasstussock, and its discovery is usuallydue entirely to accident since thefemale is a close sitter. One mightfind a needle in a havstack bv remov-. Flwto by tillTHE HAVSTACK. E IS A sparrows nest SOMEWHERE IN THEFOREGROUND BUT PRECISELY WHEREDEPONENT SAITH NOT. 6o THE HENSLOW SPARROW. ing his shoes and trampHng vigorously. Some such method would doubtlessdiscover Grasshopper Sparrows nests, but it is not recomended. The eggsare quite unlike any others found in similar situations, but are likely to beforedoomed by the presence of one or more of those of the wily broods are usually raised in a season. The Grasshopper Sparrow is somewhat irregular in distribution, beingabundant in some localities and unaccountably absent in others apparently noless favorable. There is reason to believe that it is extending its range, es-pecially northward and eastward. Thus, it made its first appearance in LorainCounty in the spring of 1894, and has never been missing since. No. 28. HENSLOW SPARROW. A. (). U. No. 547. Ammod
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