BIRDS OF MARSHALL COUNTY 



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119. Ammodramus savannariim australis. Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 A common summer resident from April 24 to September 24. The 

 weak insect-like trill of this species was one of the most common 

 bird songs heard along the country roads. The only nest seen was 

 one from which the parent was flushed on June 4, 1914. This nest 

 was in a field of timothy and contained six eggs. 



120. Passerherbuliis lecontei. Leconte Sparrow. A single 

 bird, taken on October 8, 1913, is the only record I have for 

 the county. Of three' sparrows flushed from a tiny clump of 

 willows in a depression in an oat field, one was collected and 

 proved to be of this species. 



121. Chondestes grammacus grammacus. Lark Sparrow. A 

 common summer resident from April 8 to October 8. The lark 



Fig. 3. — Nest and egg.s of the Lark Sparrow (Chondester g. grammacus) . 

 Ne.st contains also two Cowbird eggs. 



sparrow was more in evidence in late April and early May than at 

 any other season. Eugene McKibben found a nest and guided 

 me to it on May 29, 1913. The nest contained four lark sparrow 



