80 THE BACHMAN SPARROW. 
Nest, usually described as a domed cylinder of dried grasses, on the ground 
(but see fuller account below). Eggs, 3-4, pure white. Av. size, .75 x .60 (19.1 
6 WED) 
General Range.—The Carolinas and Gulf States north to southern Illinois, 
Indiana and Ohio. Florida in winter. 
Range in Ohio.—Rare, but probably on the increase southerly ; only recently 
noted: Columbus, by C. M. Weed; Portsmouth, by W. F. Henninger, April 23, 
and May 6, 1897; Cincinnati, by Miss Laura Gano, April 25, 1901; etc. 
IT is very gratifying to be able to report the recent invasion of the state 
by this delightful vocalist from the south. ‘To Rev. W. F. Henninger, then 
of Scioto County, belongs the honor of first discovery. A specimen was 
secured by him near South Webster, April 23, 1897, but it was, unfortu- 
nately, not preserved. On April 23, 1903, the author in company with Miss 
Laura Gano and a party of scientists, took a singing male on Rose Hill, Cin- 
cinnati, and the specimen is 
preserved in the Cincinnati 
Museum of Natural History. 
On the following day three 
others in full song were 
found upon another of those 
beautiful wooded hills for 
which the Queen City is 
justly famous. ‘These last, I 
rejoice to say, were not sacri- 
ficed even in the name of 
science. Miss Gano first 
noted the species at Cincin- 
nati, April 25, I901, and 
had seen it on at least two 
occasions since. 
Later in the same seas- 
on, June toth and ith, I 
came upon the Bachman 
Sparrow upon one of the 
hills near Sugar Grove, in 
Fairfield County. A nest 
was found in a clover field, 
which, altho deserted at the 
time, belonged upon the 
Taken near Sugar Grove. Photo by the Author. strongest presumptive evi- 
TUMBLE-DOWN FENCES ARE ALSO FAVORITE a : : 
RESORTS. dence to this bird. One of 
