. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . S, E., Apl. 12 to Nov. 10; a few winter. Fest, generally similar to that of M. fasciata, on the ground, ^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
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . S, E., Apl. 12 to Nov. 10; a few winter. Fest, generally similar to that of M. fasciata, on the ground, ^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 monotonoustiveei-tweet-tweet, repeated many times, all on one note, and sometimesrunning into a rasses, hair, moss, and feathers, on 585. Passerella iliaca f^l/e/T.). Fox Sparrow. ^J.—Upper partsrufous-brown, the feathers luarguied by cinuainou-brown ; upper tail-covertsand tail bright rufous; wings mar-gined with rufous ; under parts heavi-ly streaked and spotted with rufous-brown and blackish; middle of thebelly white; lower mandible yellow-ish. L., 7-20; 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. 87.—Fox Sparrow. (Natural size.)winter. Sing Sing, tolerably common T. v., Mch. 4 to Apl. 20; Oct. 14 to Nov. 28. Cambridge, abundant T. V.,Mch. 15 to Apl. 20; Oct. 20 to Nov, 15. Nest., of coarse grasses, lined with finer ,the ground, and in low trees and bushes. Eggs, four to live, pale bluish, evenlyspeckled or heavily blotched with umber or vinaceous-brown, -80 x -63 (see
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