4 BULLETIN No. 34. 



BLintin*^, but more continued, louder and stron.iiier, while the 

 wind up of this indescribable melody, was not unlike tlie me- 

 talic clink of the well-known Bobolink. 



In some parts of his sonii the bird became a veritable ven- 

 triloquist. At times I caught myself turning my head to better 

 hear the notes of the same bird, which appeared to come from 

 a songster in another direction. 



A slight but intentional movement on mv part startled the 

 bird, causing him to tly to another pine tree some thirty yards 

 away; so to avoid a misfortune, 1 " brought him down," and 

 sot)n held him in my hand. 



The specimen was sent to Mr. F. L. Burns, of Berwyn, 

 Pennsvlvania, who withcuit being positive, pronounced my find a 

 Bachman's Sparrow, it was afterwards sent to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, where Dr. Richmond verified Mr. Burn's 

 identification. 



The spot where the bird was captured is an old turned out 

 field, so common in our Southern Country, and is well adapted 

 to the wants of the Bachman's Sparrow. For years this field 

 has remained uncultivated, and has a waste of broom sedge, a 

 kind of coarse grass which grows wild on barren and neglected 

 places. For the purpose of pasturage this field has been ' ' burned 

 off" ever\' Spring. This, with the constant grazing of cattle has 

 caused a short stiff stubble to form upon it. Here and there 

 over the entire field grow blackberry briers, and thorn bushes, 

 while the whole is overgrown with low stunted growth of persim- 

 mon, oak, pine and sumach. The field includes an area of 

 about twentv acres, with a common country road running 

 through it, dividing it into two nearly equal divisions. This 

 road is used constantly by teams going to and from Atlanta, and 

 the tree from which the bird was shot, stands not more than a 

 dozen yards fiom the center of this thoroughfare. I mention 

 this road as argument to show, that while the Bachman's Spar- 

 row, though a shy and timid bird, never courting the presence 

 of man, does not turn from his chosen haunts to shun him. 



On the 20th of June of the same year, while walking over 

 the same field again, 1 secured one male, one female and two' 

 \-oung but full\' fledged birds, the sex of which 1 was unable 



