. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . rows numerously and so thor-oly at home, that he beganto wonder whether hemight not have been dream-ing after all for the pastquarter of a century. Tenor a dozen pairs werefoutid occupying the well-known swamp at LongmiresSprings. On the 30th ofJune they were much morein evidence than the RustySong Sparrows, which occu-pied the same grassy fast-nesses; and altho thefemales were not done wait-ing on overgrown babies,the males were loudly urg-ing their second suits. The
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . rows numerously and so thor-oly at home, that he beganto wonder whether hemight not have been dream-ing after all for the pastquarter of a century. Tenor a dozen pairs werefoutid occupying the well-known swamp at LongmiresSprings. On the 30th ofJune they were much morein evidence than the RustySong Sparrows, which occu-pied the same grassy fast-nesses; and altho thefemales were not done wait-ing on overgrown babies,the males were loudly urg-ing their second suits. The song of the LincolnSparrow is of a distinctly musical order, being gushing, vivacious, andwren-like in quality, rather than lisping and wooden, like so many of oursparrow songs. Indeed, the bird shows a much stronger relationship insong to the Purple Finch than to its immediate congeners, the SongSparrows. The principal strain is gurgling, rolling, and spontaneous, andthe bird has ever the trick of adding two or three inconsequential notes atthe end of his ditty, quite in approved Purple Finch fashion. Liiikit/^,. Taken at Longmire^s Springs. LINCOLNS SONG SPARROW. ALLAN BROOKS AFTER PHOTO BY THE AUTHOR. 148 THE KADIAK FOX SPARROW. linkup pcrly z^crly nillic ivillic ivccce (dim.) said one; Rigylc, jiggle, ccteet eet ccr oor, another. Clic zvilly zvilly zvilly die quill; Lcc Ice Icequilly nilly ivilly, and other such, came with full force and freshness at ahundred yards to the listeners on the back porch at Longmires. When studied in the swamp, the Lincoln Finches were found to bemore reluctant than Song Sparrows to expose themselves, but one pair,anxious for their young, sat out against a clear sky again and again. Thebird was seen occasionally to erect its crown feathers in inquiry or excite-ment, as do Chipping Sparrow, Nuttall Sparrow, ct al. A Yellow Warbler,stumbling into the manorial bush, was set upon furiously; but she made offphilosophically, knowing that her punishme
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