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THE BACHMAN SPARROW. 



Nest, usually described as a domed cylinder of dried grasses, on the ground 

 (but see fuller account below). Eggs, 3-4, pure white. Av. size, .75 x .60 (19.1 

 X15.2). 



General Range. — The Carolinas and Gulf States north to southern Illlinois, 

 Indiana and Ohio. Florida in winter. 



Range in Ohio. — Rare, but probably on the increase southerly; only recently 

 noted : Columbus, by C. M. Weed ; Portsmouth, by W. F. Henninger, April 23^ 

 and May 6, 1897; Cincinnati, by Miss Laura Gano, April 25, 1901 ; etc. 



IT is very gratifying to be able to report the recent invasion of the state 

 by this delightful vocalist from the south. To Rev. W. F. Henninger, then 

 of Scioto County, belongs the honor of first discovery. A specimen was 

 secured by him near South Webster, April 23, 1897, but it was, unfortu- 

 nately, not preserved. On April 23, 1903, the author in company with Miss 

 Laura Gano and a party of scientists, took a singing male on Rose Hill, Cin- 

 ._ cinnati, and the specimen is 



r^ ; ) preserved in the Cincinnati 



'■•^. u 1 Museum of Natural History. 



On the following day three 

 others in full song were 

 found upon another of those 

 beautiful wooded hills for 

 which the Queen City is 

 justly famous. These last, I 

 rejoice to say, were not sacri- 

 ficed even in the name of 

 science. Miss Gano first 

 noted the species at Cincin- 

 nati, April 25, 1901, and 

 had seen it on at least two 

 occasions since. 



Later in the same seas- 

 on, June loth and nth, I 

 came upon the Bachman 

 Sparrow upon one of the 

 hills near Sugar Grove, in 

 Fairfield Count}^. A nest 

 was found in a clover field, 

 which, altho deserted at the 

 time, belonged upon the 



Taken near .Si:gur Grove. Photo by the Author. strOUgest preSUmptivC eVl- 



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