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During the early morning and evening of the breeding season 

 the clear, ringing, finely modulated thrill of the male is 

 one of the features of the farming country. 



542a. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna ( Wils . ) . Savannah 

 Sparrow. 



Tho a very common migrant, the Savannah Sparrow 

 is common as a breeder in very few places in the state* 

 thruout the Alleghanian and Canadian faunas of Pennsylvania; 

 and aside from the northern tier of counties, it can hardly 

 be called common anywhere. In Warren, Clinton, Wyoming, 

 and Sullivan Counties, it is quite common, while southward 

 it has been found in Northampton, Monroe, Center, Hunting- 

 don, and Cambria Counties. In fact it may be looked for 

 locally anywhere within the limits of the Alleghanian and 

 Canadian faunas. 



546. Ammodramus savannarum australis Mayn . Grasshopper 

 Sparcow. 



This peculiar little sparrow is rather irregularly 

 distributed during the breeding season thruout the sections 

 lying within the Carolinian and Alleghanian faunas. Recent- 

 ly it has been found as a rare summer resident in parts of 

 Monroe, Pike, and Luzerne Counties lying within the Canadian 



