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MIGRATION RECORD. 



131. [585] Pa.'<serella. iliaca (Merr.j. Fox Sparrow.* 



Common to abundant migrant. February 20 to May 16. October 5 to 

 November 28. Rare winter resident. January 17, 1903. In winter they 

 are very restricted in their range. Though seen several times from 

 November 28, 1902, to March 8, 1903. none were seen outside of a portion 

 of the valley of Griffey Creels about one fourth of a mile long. The ex- 

 ceedingly late date. May 16. 1903, is a record of six or seven Fox Spar- 

 rows seen by the Nature Study Class and the writer along a creek bottom 

 in the extreme eastern part of the county. 



"It is said to have a clear, loud, melodious voice, and to sing a sweet 

 song, which I have never heard, but hope to some spring, as they should 

 occasionally give us a foretaste of the musical treat that is wasted— 

 humanly speaking— on the uninhabited Hudson Bay Region" (A. W. 

 Butler). The song of the Fox Sparrow is indeed loud and melodious and 

 is in tone similar to that of the Chewlnk. I have heard it singing every 

 spring that I have made observations in this locality. P. J. Hartman and 

 myself heard the song many times during the spring of 1903. They 

 began singing March 9. 



The bulk departed April 12. 1885 (C. H. B.). 



