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this season frequent the weed-grown potato patches, or an oc- 

 casional bird is found among the tall grass and bushy tangle on 

 the edge of a swamp or wood. One soon learns to recognize 

 the neat, graceful form, the uneasy movement and inquisitive 

 way of the bird, as it hops restlessly about, now appearing on 

 the edge of a thicket or tangle of grass to peer curiously at the 

 observer, or again vanishing utterly in situations where the 

 cover seems too slight to conceal it at all. I have sometimes 

 heard from this bird in the fall, a sharp and distinctive " chip " 

 much like a note of the Vesper Sparrow ; also on a few occa- 

 sions a short, low " tzz,"' similar to a note of the Song Sparrow 

 and given as the bird skulks among the shrubbery. Mr. Tor- 

 rey has on several occasions noted this bird among the Franco- 

 nia valleys in fall, and other observers have reported it from lo- 

 calities in the southern part of the state. Its possible breeding 

 in the northern part of the state may be suggested, as it is well 

 known to breed among the Adirondacks ; and Mr. G. H. Thayer 

 ( : 02) has even recorded what he believes to have been a lyin- 

 coln's Finch seen by him on July 28, 1900, at I^ake Nubanusit 

 in Southwestern New Hampshire. 

 Dates : May 15 to 26 ; September 7 to October 4. 



184. Melospiza georg'iana (I^ath.). Swamp Sparrow. 

 A rather common spring and fall migrant and a less common 



and local summer resident. During the summer it is confined 

 to grassy swamps along streams and lakes. It is common as a 

 breeding bird in many places in southejn New Hampshire, but 

 among the White Mountain valleys it seems rare at this season. 

 Mr. F. H. Allen ('89, p. 78) has recorded it from Moultonboro 

 in the summer, but I know of no other locality where it breeds, 

 in the immediately adjacent country to the north though several 

 apparently favorable places have been investigated. Mr. C. J. 

 Maynard ('72) states that it breeds at I^ake Umbagog. In the 

 Saco valley at Intervale, it appears in some numbers during 

 September with flocks of other migrating sparrows. 

 Dates : April to October 10. 



185. Passerella iliaca (Merr.). Fox SpARRow^ 



A rather common migrant in early spring and late fall. The 



