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distributed about in an acre at the foot of the Highland calling 

 and scratching at an early hour, having just arrived on a south- 

 ward flight. 



116. Spizella monticola monticola. Tree Sparrow. 



A common migrant in spring and fall, and a rare winter 

 resident. The earliest fall record was of two birds seen on Octo- 

 ber 7, 1904 ; five birds were seen two days later. 



Mr, Spaulding informs me that during the winter of 1909-10 

 he saw Tree Sparrows each month in L/ancaster. This was due, 

 no doubt, to a comparatively open winter ; for he records two 

 birds seen by him on December 9, 1899, at Lancaster, as " the 

 latest he had ever noticed there in winter." (Allen's Birds of 

 New Hampshire.) Mr. Spaulding writes me that he has a 

 record of Tree Sparrow on December 5 in 19 10. 



117. Spizella passerina passerina. Chipping Spar- 



row. 



An abundant summer resident found about all dooryards 

 and orchards and living in familiar relation to almost every 

 household. Several times a pair has nested in the woodbine 

 on our piazza, the nesting sometimes carried successfully 

 through and sometimes meeting with mishap from violent 

 storms or the visits of red squirrels. In June, 1904, a brood 

 was reared, the birdlings leaving the nest on the 24th. On the 

 26th the mother bird had a new nest, built a few feet from the 

 first in another portion of the woodbine, and the father bird was 

 caring for the first family still dependent on being fed. In 1905 

 a female Chippy, after looking through and through the wood- 

 bine in its entire extent for a day or two, rebuilt the nest of the 

 previous season, being engaged on it June 11. A robin had 

 already built her nest in the vine, and the Chippy's nest was 

 placed only two feet distant. The biids were good neighbors, 

 and both families were reared. The song period usually extends 

 about a week into August, and seldom is the song heard, even 



