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his song, but he has both a trill and a low, sweet song as unpreten- 

 tious and cheery as the friendly bird himself. 



Florence A. Merriam. 



56*76. J. h. carolinensis Brewst. Carolina Junco. — Similar to the 

 preceding species, but sliglitly larger, the upper parts, throat, and breast uni- 

 form grayish slate-color ivUhout a brownish wash, bill horn-color. W.,3*26: 

 T., 2-85 ; B., -43. 



Range. — Mountains of Virginia, North and South Carolina. 



This is a common and apparently permanent resident species in the 

 higher parts of the southern AUeghanies. 



Shufeldt's Junco (567b. Junco hyemaUs sJiufeldtl)., a western species, has 

 been recorded from Illinois, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Massachu- 

 setts. It resembles J. hi/emalis, but has the back browner and the sides 

 brownish vinaceous. 



575. Peucaea aestivalis (Zic7/f.). Pine-woods Sparrow. Ad. — 



Upper parts light chtst/tat^ niore or less streaked with black and margined 

 with gray; a grayish line over the eye; bend of the wing yellow; tail- 

 feathers narrow, grayish fuscous, the outer ones much the shortest; breast 

 and sides washed with pale brownish ash ; breast sometimes with a few 

 black spots; middle of the belly white. L., 5-80 ; W., 2-50; T., 2.50; B., -45. 



Range. — Florida and southern Georgia. 



JVest^ of fine grasses, on the ground, beneath scrub palmetto. Eggs., three 

 to four, pure white, -72 x -Gl. 



This is a common bird in Florida. It winters in the southern part 

 of the State and migrates northward in March. It is found only in 

 pine woods having an undergrowth of scrub palmetto. Here it passes 

 most of its time on the ground, and is difficult to flush. 



When singing, it seeks an elevated perch. In my opinion its song 

 is more beautiful than that of any other of our Sparrows. It is very 

 simple, but it possesses all the exquisite tenderness and pathos of the 

 melody of the Hermit Thrush ; indeed, in purity of tone and in execu- 

 tion 1 should consider the Sparrow the superior songster. It sings most 

 freely very early in the morning and late in the afternoon, when the 

 world is hushed and the pine trees breathe a soft accompaniment to 

 its divine music. 



^ 575a. P. aB. bachmanii (Ai/d.). Baciiman's Spaiuiow. — Similar to 

 the preceding species, but the upper parts rufous, black streaks generally 

 confined to the back, or absent; line over the eye bufty ; breast and sides 

 brownish cream-buflF without streaks. 



Range. — Lower Mississippi Valley north to southern Indiana and southern 

 Illinois; west to northern '^exas ; east to Georgia, South and North Carolina; 

 south in winter, in the Atlantic States, to southern Florida. 



JVest., of grasses, domed and cylindrical, on the ground. Fggs, three to 

 four, pure v.-hite, -74 x -fiO (Bendire, xAuk, v, 1888, p. 35G). 

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