. The Wilson bulletin . XEST AXI» KCifJS OF KACIIMAXS srARROWS THE WILSON BULLETIN A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY VOL. XXXIII MARCH, 1921 NO. 1 OLD SERIES VOL. XXXIII. NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII NESTING OF BACHMANS SPARROW ALBERT F. GAINER Throughout middle Tennessee, the Bachnians : Spar-row {PcKcfra (cstivdlis JxichDiaiii) is a fairly common sum-mer resident, where suitable habitat occurs. The hab-itat to which it is most partial consists of wooded ])astnrelands, in which there is a good growth of long grass, ortree bordered edges of old fields where grass rather thanweeds predominate. Here
. The Wilson bulletin . XEST AXI» KCifJS OF KACIIMAXS srARROWS THE WILSON BULLETIN A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY VOL. XXXIII MARCH, 1921 NO. 1 OLD SERIES VOL. XXXIII. NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII NESTING OF BACHMANS SPARROW ALBERT F. GAINER Throughout middle Tennessee, the Bachnians : Spar-row {PcKcfra (cstivdlis JxichDiaiii) is a fairly common sum-mer resident, where suitable habitat occurs. The hab-itat to which it is most partial consists of wooded ])astnrelands, in which there is a good growth of long grass, ortree bordered edges of old fields where grass rather thanweeds predominate. Here its song ma}^ be heard from itsarrival early in April until its departure in October. ThesurprLsiug sweetness and clearness of its song has broughtforth many published descriptions, among which might bementioned one from this section, by Dr. R. M. Strong,which appeared in The Auk for A})ril, 1918, page 220. The nest of this sparrow is quite diflticult to locate,due to the terrestrial habits of the birds and the difficuwilsonbulletin33agas
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