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place; another structure was built in a bunch of 

 crass in the midst of a small grassy pond. The 



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complement of eo'es, according to the last named 



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authority is five. 



The eggs discovered near Racine by Dr. Hoy, 

 according to Dr. Brewer, are a pale greenish-white, 

 and densely marked with ferruginous brown dots 

 and blotches, to such an extent as sometimes to 

 disguise the ground-color. The)' measure .74 by 

 .60 of an inch. 



This species probably winters in Guatemala, and 

 certainly in Mexico as it is quite common here in 

 the winter. 



za falns/ris, Baird. 



The Swamp Sparrow is an occasional winter 

 resident in Eastern Pennsylvania, but is principally 

 a migrant species, where it arrives during the last 

 week of April or the first week of May. Among 

 unscientific persons it is not generally known in. 

 consequence of its love of retirement and its 

 peculiar haunts. It seldom if ever visits the habi- 

 tations of man, but chietly delights in low, marshy 

 grounds, and the borders of streams. For a week 

 after its arrival it is somewhat gregarious, the bulk 

 retiring farther north, while a few remain here to 

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Though partial to places which are seldom 

 visited by human beings, save where a love 'of 

 nature is their controlling motive, yet we are as- 

 sured from a long experience that it manifests less 



