. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . R., Apl. 12 to Nov. 10; a few winter. Nest., generally similar to that of M. fasciata., on the ground. I^ggs^ fourto live, similar in color to those of M. fasciata^ but the markings are generallymore confluent, 76 x 57. While wintering in the south, Swamp Sparrows frequently belietheir name, and I have often found numbers of them in dry oldfields of broom sedge; but at the north they are more consistent,and one rarely sees them beyond the confines of a wet meadow, or,
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America, with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests, and eggs .. . R., Apl. 12 to Nov. 10; a few winter. Nest., generally similar to that of M. fasciata., on the ground. I^ggs^ fourto live, similar in color to those of M. fasciata^ but the markings are generallymore confluent, 76 x 57. While wintering in the south, Swamp Sparrows frequently belietheir name, and I have often found numbers of them in dry oldfields of broom sedge; but at the north they are more consistent,and one rarely sees them beyond the confines of a wet meadow, or,more preferably, a large grassy marsh with reed-bordered streams. Swamp Sparrows may be distinguished from their cousins, the SongSparrows, by their unstreaked breasts and totally different notes. Their FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 309 usual call-note is a sharp cheep, not unlike that of the White-throatedSparrow, and quite different from the rather nasal chimp of the SongSparrow. Their song is a simple, sweet, but somewhat monotonoustweet-tweet-iweet, repeated many times, all on one note, and sometimes running into a -Fox Sparrow. (Natural size.) Cambridge, abundant T. V., 585. Passerella iliaca f3/err.). Fox Sparrow. Ad.—Upper partsrufous-brown, the feathers margined by cinnamon-brown ; upper tail-covertsand tail bright rufous; wings mar-gined with rufous; under parts Jieavi-ly streaked and spotted with rufous- brown and blackish; middle of the |belly white; lower mandible yellow-ish. L., 7-26; W., 3-39; T., 2-85; B.,•50. Range.—Breeds from the Magda-len Islands and Manitoba to Alaska;winters from Virginia southward. Washington, very abundant T. V.,Feb. to Apl. 5; Oct. 25 to Nov.; a few Fig. Sing Sing, tolerably commonT. v., Mch. 4 to Apl. 20; Oct. 14 to Nov. 15 to Apl. 20; Oct. 20 to Nov. 15. Nest., of coarse grasses, lined with finer grasses, hair, moss, and feathers, onthe ground, and in low trees and bushes. Eggs., four to five, pale bluish, e
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