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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 53. 



Genus: Poocaetes. 



VESPER SPARROW, 



Species: P. gramineus. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of New England. 



Date of Arrival- 

 First of April. 



Date of Departure: 



First of November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish gray, much streaked ; under parts 

 white, breast and flanks streaked with brown, wings chestnut 

 marked, outer tail feathers white. Bill dark, feet pale. 

 Length about 6.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A pretty song, generally sung at dusk, and a short cliit. 



Haunts: 



Pastures, fields and meadows. 



