Bulletin - United States National Museum . species as exceedingly rare, but a single specimen hav-ing up to that time been known to us to have been procured. Of lateyears, however, it has been frequently found by Mr. Jouy, Mr. Eidgway,and others, both in fields about Old Soldiers Home and Eock CreekChurch, and across the river, in Virginia, in the vicinity of Falls nest and eggs have been found by Mr. Jouy, who has published anotice of them. (Bull. Nutt, Oruith. Club, vi, 1881, p. 57.) [236] 90. (—.) Ammodramus caudacutus (TTils.) Sw. Sharp-tailed Finch. Not in the original edition
Bulletin - United States National Museum . species as exceedingly rare, but a single specimen hav-ing up to that time been known to us to have been procured. Of lateyears, however, it has been frequently found by Mr. Jouy, Mr. Eidgway,and others, both in fields about Old Soldiers Home and Eock CreekChurch, and across the river, in Virginia, in the vicinity of Falls nest and eggs have been found by Mr. Jouy, who has published anotice of them. (Bull. Nutt, Oruith. Club, vi, 1881, p. 57.) [236] 90. (—.) Ammodramus caudacutus (TTils.) Sw. Sharp-tailed Finch. Not in the original edition ; rare and casual. Shortly after our listwas published, Mr. C. Drexler took a specimen of this species, whichis now in the United States National Museum, No. 25905, September,1802. (See Eidgway, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, vii, 1882, p. 253.) [240] 91. (133.) Melospiza palustris {Bartr.) lid. Swamp Sparrow. Chiefly a spring and autumn migrant, though a few probably winterwith the Song Sparrows in secluded places; doubtless none breed with. V^ ^ Fig. 35.—Swamp Sparrow. us. It is one of the most retiring of all the sparrows, seldom comingunder the observation of any but the most diligent and practiced ob- 62 AVIFAUNA COLUMBIANA. servers. We have not observed it in spring before the last week in April,nor in the fall before the second week in October; but it comes andgoes so slyly that it is very likely to be overlooked. It appears to bemore numerous in the fall than at the opposite season. [243] Melospiza lincolni, in all probability, is an inhabitant of the District,though we had never found it in 1862; nor has it since been seen here byothers to our knowledge. 92. (131.) Melospiza fasciata (Gm.) Sparrow. (M. melodia of the original edition.) A permanent resident, extremely abundant, particularly in winter, atwhich season it is our commonest sparrow. During the inclement sea-son it gathers in companies which seclude themselves in the shelter ofintricate shrubbery, p
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