FAMILY Fringillide. 
through the southern Mackenzie Valley to Ungava, and 
southward to the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, 
northern Minnesota, and the northern mountainous 
regions of New York, New Hampshire, and Maine, to Nova 
Scotia. In the fall migration it appears from the middle of 
September to the end of October; rarely as late as Novem- 
ber 27th, it winters from Mississippi to Guatemala. 
The song of Lincoln’s sparrow is described as not unlike 
that of the Purple Finch combined with the introductory 
grating notes of the House Wren—this is correct only so 
far as its tonal quality is concerned, but in its structure 
there is merely the suggestion of a warble, with no deliber- 
ate rallentando nor sempre dolce which characterize the song 
of the Purple Finch. Judging from detached fragments of 
the music and from a few autumnal notes the character of 
the full song ought to be a free fantasia of tripping, musical 
chirps and soft rippling tones of short duration. Here is 
a record constructed from fragmentary memoranda in my 
possession. 
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bi {Recons tucted from various Autumn 
call notes, 
Fox Sparrow This is one of the few sparrows of large 
poe es size, unique color, and boreal preference 
Winter and Which makes recognition easy. The bird’s 
March 2sth __ tailis arusty or terra-cotta red well matched 
by the burnt sienna color in the artist’s paint-box. The 
upper parts in general are a less pronounced red-brown 
streaked with gray, the feathers edged with cinnamon 
brown, the sides of the head and neck brownish gray with 
patches of red-brown, the wings margined with the same 
color, the under parts whitish gray spotted and streaked 
likewise, and also with markings of sepia; lower bill dull 
bone-yellow. Nest, of coarse dried leaves and grasses 
lined with moss, hair, and feathers, generally lodged in 
stunted trees or low shrubs. Egg, very pale blue speckled 
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