FAAtlLY Fringillidai. 



through the southern Macken/k- \ alley to Ungava, and 

 southward to the Sierra Nevada arid Rocky Mountains, 

 northern Minnesota, and the northern mountainous 

 regions of New York, New Hampshire, and Maine, to Nova 

 Scotia. In the fall migration it appears from the middle of 

 September to the end of October; rarely as late as Novem- 

 ber 27th, it winters from Mississippi to Guatemala. 



The song of Lincoln's sparrow is described as not unlike 

 that of the Purple Finch combined with the introductory 

 grating notes of the House Wren this is correct only so 

 far as its tonal quality is concerned, but in its structure 

 there is merely the suggestion of a warble, with no deliber- 

 ate rallentando nor sempre doke which characterize the song 

 of the Purple Finch. Judging from detached fragin- 

 the music and from a few autumnal notes the character of 

 the full song ought to be a free fantasia of tripping, musical 

 chirps and soft rippling tones of short duration. Here is 

 a record constructed from fragmentary memoranda in my 



/ $Reconstu.cted from venous 



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Fox Sparrow This is one of the few sparrows of large 

 Possereiio iliaca &i un i que color, and boreal preference 

 L. 7.20 inches ' ' . JL , . ,, 



Winter and which makes recognition easy. The bird s 



March asth tail is a rusty or terra-cotta red well matched 

 by the burnt sienna color in the artist's paint-box. The 

 upper parts in general are a less pronounced red-brown 

 streaked with gray, the feathers edged with cinnamon 

 brown, the sides of the head and neck brownish gray with 

 patches of red-brown, the wings margined with the same 

 color, the under parts whitish gray spotted and streaked 

 likewise, and also with markings of sepia; lower bill dull 

 bone-yellow. Nest, of coarse dried leaves and grasses 

 lined with moss, hair, and feathers, generally lodged in 

 stunted trees or low shrubs. Egg, very pale blue speckled 

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