. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE SWAMP SPARllOVV. 823 Ima considoraWo discussion among ornitholo- gists this bird ; and many are of tho , that ft-om Its irregula
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE SWAMP SPARllOVV. 823 Ima considoraWo discussion among ornitholo- gists this bird ; and many are of tho , that ft-om Its irregular habits, there are two species found in' New England I have examined with gLt care many specunens and have attentively observed their habits, think that ,t yet remains to be proved that we have more than one species. Late in October, this .pecies assembles in sma 1 detached flocks, and leaves New England for its southern home. Ill i I iil'. MELOSPIZA The Swamp Sparrow. Frmgilla pnlMlns, Wihon. Am. Orn Iir n«iiWQ a i ,^ «. (1831) 331; V. 008. ' ^ "^ ^"^ ^'"•- ^m. Biog., I. Frinffilln (Anmodrmmis) Georyiana, Nuttall. Man., I. ( ed., 1840) 588. DuSCItllTION. ^ tinged . r.^.^^^^ ^^XTuT:^ r'""''^^ '''^ abruptly to white towards tla. end. ' "' "^^'"^' '=*"'"einS _^^_Fe,nale with crown scarcely reddish streaked with black, and diviued by a la autumn the male of this species has the feathers of the crown each with a b ack streak; and the centre of the crown with an indistinct light stripe matrri I v changniff its appearance. ' ' ""*''-"""y Tlie forehead is usually more or less streaked with black hui;:S; ::^r '''"'''-'-' '^-•'-'•-'•"'^ ^-"es, wm,, two and fbrty one- United States from the Atlantic to the Missouri. This bird, although not rare, is not so common as the precedmg. It is about equally distributed throughout Xew England,
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