Ill) 



MIGHATIOX HECOKI). 



127. [57oa] Peucwa ivxtirdlig liKchnianli {And.). Bachman's Sparrow. 



Common mis>;rant ami not iuic(niimon siimmef ivsideiit. April (J, — . 



"April 24, 1884. IMof. W. S. Blatchley took two Bacliman's Sparrows 

 from a Iirusli-pile in Monroe County. That was its tirst record tliere. 

 It appeared regularly tliereafter l)etween April ti (1S8.">^ and April 29 (188<i). 

 In 1S8(; two sets of eg-gs and perliaps a lialf-dozen talien (Evermann)" 

 LA AV. Butler]. Sony A])ril 7. l!)o:;. Common April 12, 1903: 81 of these 

 birds were seen in a single higli, )>rushy meadow. Here and in clearings 

 where there are many oak saplings and in the uneven pastures where 

 rosebushes and stunted cedars are plentiful, Bacliman's Sparrow is most 

 often found. 



MIGRATIOX EECOKD. 



128. [581] Melospiza cine i-ea melodia (Wil?,.). Song Sparrow.* Fig. 2(>. 



Alnindant during migratiou: common at other times Itvit more so in 

 winter than in summer. The Song Sparrow is not a common breeder here. 



The most common songster, whose value is enhanced l)y his habit of 

 singing Avhen most other l)irds are silent. The writer lias heard Song 



