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Its flight is low and in graceful undulations. In 

 the procurement of food it is chiefly terrestrial. It 

 is occasionally found upon small trees and bushes 

 in quest of larval insects. Its bill of fare is both 

 vegetal and animal. Among insects we have met 

 with evident traces of Cmionychus cinereus, Har- 

 palus compar, Casnonia psnnsylvanica, Formica 

 sanguined, Tab anus Huso! a, Tipuhi fcrruginea, 

 Culex tceniorhynchus, in our stomach-examinations. 

 During the breeding-season it subsists upon and 

 feeds to its young the; larvae of Anisopteryx vcr- 

 naia, A. pomziaria, Zzrciij caicnxria, Einiomos sub- 

 signaria, Hybcniia tiliaria, Eufitchia ribcaria, 

 Chozrodes transversata, Lozot<znia rosaceana, Lima- 

 codzs scapha, Pieris rap&, Gortyna ze<z, Utetheisa 

 bella, Thecla huniidi, Halcsidota tessellaris, besides 

 aphides and micro-lepidoptera. In the autumn the 

 seeds of Amarantus albus, A. hybridus, A. panicu- 

 latus, Chsnopodium album, Ambrosia artemisice- 

 folia, and many graminaceous plants as Phleum 

 prcetense, Panicum Crus-galli, P. capillare, Poa 

 annua, and Raphanus sativus, the cultivated salad, 

 and others. The berries of Juniperus Virginiana, 

 Fmgaria Virginica, and several species of ; Rnbus 

 and Ribes. 



The song of this sparrow is quite varied and 

 fine. Its notes are not powerful and cannot be 

 heard at a great distance, but are nevertheless 

 quite pleasing. It continues in the full vigor of 

 song while the second brood is hatching, when it 

 relaxes but does not altogether cease until its de- 



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