. . bSb LARK SPARROW,About Life-size. cormnmT iMi, •• «. »- MUHToao, Chicago. HARRISS SPARROW. (Zonotrichia querula). Life-size. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 325 the western lark sparrow, occurring west of the Mississippi,appears to be more abundant than the eastern form. Mr. Ridgway describes the song as being composed ofa series of chants, each syllable rich, loud, and clear, inter-spersed with emotional trills. These birds nest in INIay and June. The nests are builton the ground, in weedy fields or neglected pastures. Oneof their favor
. . bSb LARK SPARROW,About Life-size. cormnmT iMi, •• «. »- MUHToao, Chicago. HARRISS SPARROW. (Zonotrichia querula). Life-size. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 325 the western lark sparrow, occurring west of the Mississippi,appears to be more abundant than the eastern form. Mr. Ridgway describes the song as being composed ofa series of chants, each syllable rich, loud, and clear, inter-spersed with emotional trills. These birds nest in INIay and June. The nests are builton the ground, in weedy fields or neglected pastures. Oneof their favorite nesting spots when the birds were commonabout Chicago, was the right-of-way between the railroadbed and the fence enclosing the tracks. Mr. E. R. Ford, one of Chicagos advanced bird stu-dents, presented me with a nest of four eggs taken May 31,1891, along the railroad track in what is now the subdivi-sion of Arg>^le Park, Chicago. The nest was composed ofwood fiber, rootlets, and grass, lined with horse hair. Thefour eggs have a white background and are beautifullymarked with black scrawls and lines, suggestive of theBaltimor
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