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Its flight is low and in graceful undulations. In 

 the procurement of food it is chiefly terrestrial. It 

 is occasionally found upon small trees and buShes 

 in quest of laryal insects. Its bill of fare is both 

 vegetal and animal. Among insects we have met 

 with evident traces of Cratonychus cincrcus, Har- 

 pxlus compar, Casnonia psimsylvanica, Formica 

 sanguinea, Tabanus lincjla, Tipitla ferruginea, 

 Culevc tceniorhynchus, in our stomach-examinations. 

 During the breeding-seaSun it subsists' upon and 

 feeds to its young the. larvae of Anisopteryx ver- 

 nata, A. pomstaria, Zire.i: catcii.ina, Ennomos sub- 

 signaria, Hybernia t'diaria, Eufitchia r'ibscina, 

 Chcarodes transversata, Lozot(enia rosaceana, Lima- 

 codes scapha,, Pleris rap&, Gortyna ze(Z, Utetkeisa 

 bella, Thscla humidi, Halcsidota tcssellaris, besides 

 aphides and micro-lepidoptera. In the autumn the 

 seeds of Amaranttcs albus, A. 'hybridtis, A. panicii- 

 latus, Chenopodium album, . Ambt^osia ariemisics- 

 folia, and many graminaceous plants as Phleum 

 prcetense, Panicum Crus-galli, P. capillare, Poa 

 annua, and Raphanus sativus, the cultivated salad, 

 and others.The berries of ■Juniperus Virginiana, 

 Fragaria Virginica, and several species of Rubus 

 and Ribes. 



The song of this sparrow is quite varied and 

 fine. Its notes are not powerful and cannot be 

 heard at a great distance, but are nevertheless 

 quite pleasing. It continues in the full vigor of 

 song -wijjile the second brood is hatching, when it 

 rdaxes but does not altogether cease until its de- 



