WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 64. SWAMP SPARROW. 



Species: M. georgiana. 



Distributmi : 



A summer resident of New England; locally wintering. 



Date of Arrival: 

 April first. 



Date of Departure: 



First of November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts reddish brown, marked with black and buff, 

 wings and crown shaded with chestnut; under parts whitish, 

 tinted with ash and yellowish, belly and flanks buff. Bill 

 and feet dark. Length about 6.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A trillinff sweet song and an innumerable number of other 

 notes. 



Haunts: 



Swamps and fields, near fresh water. 



