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north, especially in so bleak a place. After some trouble I 

 again started it. It flew wildly as before, when I fired, and 

 was fortunate enough to secure it. It proved to be Baird's 

 Sparrow. When I found I had taken a specimen which I had 

 never seen before, — although at that time I did not know its 

 name or the interest attached to it, — I instantly went in search 

 of more. After a time I succeeded in starting another. This 

 one, however, rose too far off for gunshot, and I did not secure 

 it. It flew away to a great distance, when I lost sight of it. 

 After this I thought that among the myriads of Snow Buntings 

 that continually rose a short distance from me I again detected 

 it, but I was perhaps mistaken. I am confident of having seen 

 it in previous j'ears at this place, earlier in the season." 



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u * * * ^s might be expected, I heard no song-note 

 at this season, but simply a short chirp of alarm." 



The Ipswich Sparrows are now known to be regular winter- 

 visitants from the North along the coast of New England. 

 They also occur inland, as I observed two, who were extremely 

 shy, in a sandy field at the distance of several miles from the 

 sea. 



(B) SAVANNA. Savannah Sparroic. 



(A rather colonial species, locally common in the summer- 

 season throughout New England.) 



(a). About 5 J- inches long. With no bright tints (espec- 

 ially about the interscapulars), and rarely a prominent pectoral 

 blotch, as in the Song Sparrow (XIII, A, who sometimes, 

 however, lacks the latter feature), and never with a chestnut 

 patch on the wing, or conspicuous white on the tail as in the 

 Grass Finch (XII, A). Feathers above, brownish-gray, on the 

 tail scarcely marked, but elsewhere pale-edged, and darkly 

 streaked, most finely upon the crown. Superciliary line and 

 edge of the wing, yellowish ; a faint line dividing the crown, 

 whitish. Beneath Avhite (or huffish), with dark streaks, brown- 

 edged. A little bay is to be found on the wings, and among 

 the interscapulars. 



