76 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



FOX SPARROW 

 Passer Ma iliaca iliaca. Case 4, Fig. 37; Case 5. Fig. 7 



A large, bright, reddish brown Sparrow, which, because of it* 

 red-brown tail, and in spite of its stout bill, is sometimes mis- 

 taken for the Hermit Thrush. L. 7 J. 



Range. Nests in northern Canada; winters from Ohio and 

 Maryland to the Gulf States. 



Washington, very abundant T. V., Mch. 13-May n; Oct. 23- 

 Nov. 15; a few winter. Ossining, tolerably common T. V., 

 Mch. 4-Apl. 20; Oct. 14-Nov. 28. Cambridge, abundant T. V., 

 Mch. 15-Apl. 12; Oct. 20-Nov. is; occasional in winter. N. 

 Ohio, common T. V., Mch. 12-Apl. 23; Oct. i-Nov. 16. Glen 

 EUyn, fairly common T. V., Mch. 11-Apl. 28; Sept. 22-Nov. 8. 

 SE. Minn., common T. V., Mch. 12-; Sept. 17-Nov. 12. 



A vigorous scratcher in the undergrowth who, using 

 both feet at once, kicks the leaves out behind him; 

 a master musician among our Sparrows whose loud, 

 clear, joyous notes form one of our most notable bird 

 songs. We hear it only for a brief time in spring and 

 fall as the birds pass us on their migration. 



j< TOWHEE 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus erylhrophthalmus. Case 4, Figs. 32, 33; 

 Case 5. Fig- Si 



The female is brown where the male is black; both are unmis- 

 takable L. 8 J. 



Range. Nests from northern Georgia and central Kansas; 

 winters from Ohio and Potomac Valleys to the Gulf. 



Washington, common S. R., very common T. V., Apl. 5-Oct. 21; 

 a few winter. Ossining, common S. R., Apl. 21-Oct. 31. Cam- 

 bridge, common S. R., Apl. 25-Oct. 13. N. Ohio, common S. R„ 

 Mch. 10-Oct. 25. Glen Ellyn, not common, S. R., Mch. 30- 

 Nov. 18. SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. 11-Nov. 8. 



Chewink, towkee, the clear, emphatic, strongly accented 

 call announces the presence of a bird whose colors are as 

 distinctive as its notes. The Towhee feeds on the ground 

 in and near bushy places, but when the desire to sing 

 comes upon him he leaves his lowly haunts and taking 

 a more or less exposed perch, fifteen to twenty feet from 



