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containing two eggs was found in a small spruce in the Marshall- 

 town cemetery. 



127. Spizella pallida. Clay-colored Sparrow. The clay-colored 

 sparrow was a tolerably common migrant from May 1 to 16. In the 

 fall it was noted only once, September 22, 1913. It probably 

 occurred regularly in the fall but was overlooked in the great 

 flocks of migrating sparrows. 



128. Sphclla pusilla piisilla. Field Sparrow. An abundant 

 summer resident from April 5 to October 18. The field sparrow 

 nested commonly about bushy pastures and along the roadsides. 

 Two nests found May 31, 1913, contained four eggs each; two 



Fig. 4. — Field Sparrow (Spizella p. pusilla) nest in a hazelbush. 



found in newly mown hay along the roadside June 25, 1914, each 

 contained four eggs; a nest discovered May 7, 1915, contained 

 two field sparrow eggs and two of the cowbird. One located June 

 2§, 1915, had four eggs. All of these except the two cut down 

 in the hay were built low down in hazel bushes. These two in 

 the hay land had been built in weeds. 



