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NOTES ON SOME OF THE 



certainly nearer this than the Savannah Sparrow, with which 

 it has been compared. "My specimen," he says, "also differs 

 in size [from Audubon's*]. I give measurements of both 

 for comparison, remarking that mine was measured from the 

 fresh bird, while the other was from the skin." 



It differed in color as well as in size from the specimen 

 described by Prof. Baird. The former difference is doubt- 

 less due to the different seasons of the year at which they 

 were collected, and the latter to the fact of the Ipswich 

 specimen having a more northern birth-place. That there 

 might be no mistake, the specimen was transmitted to Pro- 

 fessor Baird for examination, who kindly compared it with 

 the type in the Smithsonian Institution, and reports that he 

 found them identical. 



SAVANNAH SPARROW. Passerculus savanna Bon. Rather 

 rare in the interior at all seasons, and, so far as I can learn, 

 only seen there during its migrations. On the coast, how- 

 ever, it is one of the most common sparrows throughout the 

 summer, where great numbers breed. I have seen it from 

 Ipswich southward all along the coast to Nantucket Island. 

 On the islands off the coast it is often the most numerous 

 species of bird. The Song Sparrow, on the contrary, is 

 more numerous in the interior, it being comparatively scarce 

 on the islands and on the coast close to the sea. 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW. Ooturniculus Henslowii Bon. This 

 species must still be considered a rare summer visitor, 

 though it proves to be more common than was supposed a 

 few years since. Specimens are taken in the eastern part of 

 the state nearly every year, where also several of its nests 



* See Baird's Birds of North America, p. 441. 



