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we hear his characteristic call-note, an impatient chimp, 

 chimp, unlike that of any other of our Sparrows. The 

 nest is built on the ground and the 4-5 bluish white, 

 brown-marked eggs are laid late in April. 



LINCOLN'S SPARROW 

 Melospiza lincolni lincolni. Case 7, Fig. 15 



A broad band o£ buff across the streaked breast. 



Range. Chiefly western United States; in the East, nests from 

 northern New York and northern Minnesota into Canada; 

 winters from Mississippi to Central America; rare east of the Alle- 

 ghanies. 



Washington, rare T. V., May 8-21; Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Ossining, 

 rare T. V., Sept. 29-Oct. 16. Cambridge, not uncommon T. V., 

 May 15-May 25; Sept. 14-Oct. 10. N. Ohio, tolerably common 

 T. V., Apl. 25-May 25. Glen Ellyn, not common T. V., fall 

 records only, Sept. 11-Oct. 9. SE. Minn., common T. V., 

 Apl. 17-; Sept. 10-Oct. 30. 



We know the species only as a rare, retiring migrant, 

 frequenting hedgerowsjfand undergrowth. I have never 

 heard its song while migrating. 



SWAMP SPARROW 

 Melospiza gcorgiana. Case 4, Fig. 44; Case 5, Fig. 32 



Note the bright chestnut cap, grayish, unstreaked breast, and 

 reddish brown rump of the summer plumage; in winter, the crown 

 is darker and streaked with black. L. 5}. 



Range. Nests from New Jersey and Illinois to Canada; win- 

 ters from Nebraska and New Jersey to the Gulf. 



Washington, very common T. V., Apl. 12-May 19; Sept. 28- 

 Oct. 29; a few winter. Ossining, tolerably common S. R., 

 Apl. 4-Dec. 2; a few winter. Cambridge, abundant S. R., 

 Apl. 12-Nov. 10; a few winter. N. Ohio, common T. V., Men. 

 23-May 20. Glen Ellyn, tolerably common T. V., Apl. 2- 

 May 26; Sept. 2-Oct. 24; possibly S. R. SE. Minn., common 

 S. R., Apl. s-Nov. 18. 



The Swamp Sparrow is a Sparrow of the marshes whose 

 tweet-tweet-tweet many times repeated, is associated with 

 the music of Marsh Wrens. It nests on the ground in 

 May, laying eggs not unlike those of the Song Sparrow. 



