FOX-COLORED SPARROW. 
PASSERELLA ILIACA. 
HESE song-loving sparrows have sweet voices and a 
pleasing song. No sparrow sings with a better 
quality of tone. They reach Massachusetts, on their 
journey north, generally by the tenth of April. They 
come in small flocks, tame birds, and partial to the 
ground. They scratch among the low bushes, often in 
the fresh snow, rising frequently a few feet to sit and 
sing; they also sing upon the ground. They are our 
largest sparrows ; fine-looking birds, with reddish backs 
somewhat like those of the brown thrush. 
Song of the fox-colored sparrow : — 
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