68 

 Elk. and Warren Counties. 



581. Melospiza melodia melodia ( Wils . ) . Song Sparrow. 



This familiar sweet-voiced songster is an abundant 

 and well distributed summer resident thruout the state, re- 

 maining the whole year round in the southern counties. 

 During the nesting season, which lasts from late April till 

 August, the home of this bird will be found more often than 

 that of any other species, with the possibel exception of 

 the Robin and House Sparrow. 



584. Melospiza georgiana ( Lath . ) . Swamp Sparrow. 



The Swamp Sparrow is one species that does not 

 seem to have been properly understood bt the older collectors 

 and writers in this state, most of them regarding it as un- 

 common. In the note books of several noted collectors of 

 the early nineties, they speak of hunting fruitlessly for 

 its nest. Nevertheless, it is a very locally distributed 

 bird. In Green County, Mr. Dickey tells me it is very rare, 

 and but one nest has been taken there by Mr. Jacobs. Mr. 

 Simpson has never taken it as a breeding bird at Warren , 

 but tells me that they breed at Erie. In Center County, it 

 is a rare breeder as it is in Pike and Clinton Counties, 

 while in parts of Susquehanna, Monroe, Sullivan, and Wyoming 



