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the winter. The latter, however, go 

 South and are replaced by a near rela- 

 tive, the Tree Sparrow. But this winter 

 visitor does not, as a rule, come so close 

 to houses as the Chipping Sparrow, 

 usually frequenting the open fields. It 

 may be distinguished from the Chipping 

 Sparrow by having a brown, instead of a 

 black line, through the eye, and by hav- 

 ing a black spot in the center of the 

 breast, which the Chipping Sparrow 

 lacks. 



AN EARLY MORNING RECORD 



On the morning of July the third, 

 1911, I awakened unusually early. I 

 decided to record the first time that 

 each species of bird was heard singing. 

 At 3:30 A.M. a Song Sparrow gave its 

 call, which was the first sound of the 

 day, in the bird world. Three minutes 

 later, at 3:33, a Robin sang, and was 



