. The oist . Sparrow, A Summer Resi-dent in Southern Pennsylvania,During the past summer I spentseveral days in company with a Har-vard Professor working out an oldindian trail which runs near the bord-er line of Pennsylvania and WestVirginia, only a few miles from theextreme South-western corner of theformer State. One rainy afternoonas we rested beneath some giant oakswhich bordered a deserted field. Iheard the peculiar song of a strangeSparrow. By carefully creeping nearto where it sat perched, I was ableto hear and watch it a litttle song seemed to be comi)osed ofthe following no
. The oist . Sparrow, A Summer Resi-dent in Southern Pennsylvania,During the past summer I spentseveral days in company with a Har-vard Professor working out an oldindian trail which runs near the bord-er line of Pennsylvania and WestVirginia, only a few miles from theextreme South-western corner of theformer State. One rainy afternoonas we rested beneath some giant oakswhich bordered a deserted field. Iheard the peculiar song of a strangeSparrow. By carefully creeping nearto where it sat perched, I was ableto hear and watch it a litttle song seemed to be comi)osed ofthe following notes, thee-ee-ee-ee-lut,lut, lut, lut. As we approached near-er the border line I noted several moraof these peculiar Sparrows and watch-ed them carefully. Upon reachinghome some days later, I made a studyof the recorded actions and habits ofBachmans Sparrow. From what Icould learn this Sparrow has in re-cent years extended its range throughNorthern West Virginia. In severalsections it has been found breeding. Drawer of Red-bellied Hawks Eggs in Collection of J. B. Dixon :—Photo by Mr. Dixon 10 THE OQLOGIST during the past few summers. I feelsure the Sparrows I saw were Bach-mans Sparrows. If I am right, thisis the first record of the Sparrow as asummer resident of S. , Pa. »-^~^ A New Vernacular Name of theFlicker. In Hursts New Nuttalls Dictionarypublished by Hurst & Co., New Yorl^,1890, in the Supplement of AdditionalWords and definitations, many ofwhich are of American origin andusage, and cannot be found in anyother dictionary, on page 871, I findthe following definition of the Flicker: FLICKER: — The Golden - headedWoodpecker, or Yellow Hammer; alsocalled pigeon-woodpecker, high hole,clape, etc. A Flicker with a golden-head wouldbe a novelty indeed! Richard F. , Pa. What an Editor Those He Met. Friday, July 11, 1913, Ye Editor,together with his wife and motherand chauffeur, started from his homein Lacon, Illi
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