. . hite, or light green;the spots are red, dark brown, or lilac, often clustered andsometimes wreathed about the larger end. Three broods are often raised in a season. The firstnests are ready for occupancy by the last week in April,another set of eggs are laid about June 1st, and again inAugust we may expect to find the mother incubating. This bird may be distinguished from many of our otherresident sparrows by the heavily spotted breast and the darkbrown feathers above. THE SWAMP SPARROW* Though the range of the Swamp Sparrow cove
. . hite, or light green;the spots are red, dark brown, or lilac, often clustered andsometimes wreathed about the larger end. Three broods are often raised in a season. The firstnests are ready for occupancy by the last week in April,another set of eggs are laid about June 1st, and again inAugust we may expect to find the mother incubating. This bird may be distinguished from many of our otherresident sparrows by the heavily spotted breast and the darkbrown feathers above. THE SWAMP SPARROW* Though the range of the Swamp Sparrow covers thewhole of the northern portion of North America, it nestsonly in the northern United States and British this timid sparrow seeks a site for his home in the deep recesses of marshy thickets, environed with a canopyof tangled foliage, whose treacherous quagmire abounds ina luxurious growth of wild grasses. The nest is placed onthe ground, and usually in low places, where it is shelteredby a tussock of grass. In its construction grasses, weed i. tOPVHlBMT 1903, BT < SWAMP SPARROW. (.Melospiza georgiana). Life-size.
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