. The oist . rowin general appearance, but a wellselected series of each species willdisclose pronounced differences. Theground color in the Swamp Sparrowbeing usually of a lighter green, theeggs appreciably smaller and not sothickly spotted, but usually with larg-er spottings than those to be foundon the Song Sparrow. The nest is constructed of grass,fine weeds and lined with finer strawsor grasses, deeply cupped and not in-frequently with its base sunken intothe ground. This little bird is a harmless mem-ber of its tribe, not especially benefi-cial, and for that reason (?) is sel-dom disturb
. The oist . rowin general appearance, but a wellselected series of each species willdisclose pronounced differences. Theground color in the Swamp Sparrowbeing usually of a lighter green, theeggs appreciably smaller and not sothickly spotted, but usually with larg-er spottings than those to be foundon the Song Sparrow. The nest is constructed of grass,fine weeds and lined with finer strawsor grasses, deeply cupped and not in-frequently with its base sunken intothe ground. This little bird is a harmless mem-ber of its tribe, not especially benefi-cial, and for that reason (?) is sel-dom disturbed or persecuted by man;as the genus Homo seems to exhaustmost of his distructive energies inassaults ui)on highly beneficial mem-bers of the bird tribe. We present herewith a photo of atypical nest and set of eggs of thisspecies in situ, taken in the vicinitycf Philadelphia by H. E. Bishop, whois well known to the readers of THEOOLOGIST. It is especially good inview of the fact that it is i) No. 28 Nest and eggs of Swamp Sparrow. —Photo by H. E. BishoiJ 90 THE OOLOGIST Nesting of the King P. B. , THE OOLOGIST: There is truth in your comment, inJuly, current issue of the OOLOGIST;that it is the misfortune of Ameri-can Ornithology, relative to manyspecies; our most common, everydaybirds are over-looked in the strenuoushunt for rarities. Yet I am compelled to say, as oneresult of my own strenuous huntafter data covering our mosi com-mon, everyday birds, that there isreally more literature concerning it-self viith the habits of common birds,than one is apt to imagine. The ac-companying pages afford a by-no-means unusual example of the largeamount of fugitive literature whichaboimds in the choicest and most valu-able material for the bird student. Theexcerpts from the manuscript of mywork are given verbatim; and I ap-pend material of my own: (From jManuscript of NestingWays of North American Birds): The nests of the King Rail arecoarsely bu
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