. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . as musical and warbling as the common YellowBird. These tones are also somewhat similar to the reverbera-tions of the Chipping Bird, but quite loud and sonorous, andwithout the changeless monotony of that species. In fact, ourbird would be worthy a place in a cage as a songster of somemerit. Like most of the Sparrows, the food of this speciesconsists of seeds and insects; and they also search the leavesand branches at times in quest of moths, of which they appearfond. The Field Sparrow is a common summer resident of southernNew
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . as musical and warbling as the common YellowBird. These tones are also somewhat similar to the reverbera-tions of the Chipping Bird, but quite loud and sonorous, andwithout the changeless monotony of that species. In fact, ourbird would be worthy a place in a cage as a songster of somemerit. Like most of the Sparrows, the food of this speciesconsists of seeds and insects; and they also search the leavesand branches at times in quest of moths, of which they appearfond. The Field Sparrow is a common summer resident of southernNew England, but is rather rare north of .Massachusetts. It hasnot been taken in the Maritime Provinces, though Mr. Neilsonthinks it not uncommon near the city of Quebec, and it is commonthroughout Ontario and in Manitoba. It breeds southward toSouth Carolina and winters from the Southern States southward. Note.—A few examples of the Clav-colored Sparrowi^Spizella pallida) wander every year from their usual habitat onthe Great Plains to Iowa and Illinois. VOL. ■ >v: FOX iliaca. Char. Above, foxv red (brightest on wings and rump) streaked withash (in winter the ash is sometimes obscure); head and tail withoutstreaks , wings with two white bars ; below, white spotted with about 7 inches. A/^est. Amid moss, or on a low bush ; composed of grass and moss, linedwith grass, roots, and feathers. Eggs. 4-5; white with green or blue tinge, spotted and blotched withbrown of several shades (sometimes the brown almost conceals theground color); great variation in size, average about X o 65. This large and handsome Sparrow, after passing the summerand breeding-season in the northern regions of the continentaround Hudson Bay, and farther north and west perhaps tothe shores of the Pacific, visits us in stragghng parties or pairsfrom the middle of October to November. At this time itfrequents low^, sheltered thickets in moist and wntery situations,wher
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