Call no. 



BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 95 



Sparrow Song {continued) 



Nu SpR Song Sparrow (left) and House Sparrow (right) Facing 

 Each Other for a Fight. (October 17, 1914) Bailey 



Nu SpRl Male and Female at Feeding Station. Ithaca. (May 1917) 



Allen 

 Both sexes of this species are alike in appearance. 



Nu SpR2 Nest with Five Eggs in a Bush 



The nest is sometimes built in a bush, more often on the 

 ground, especially the bank of a brook or ditch, rarely in a tree. 

 The outer layer is of grasses and straws, the inner layer of fine 

 grasses and horsehair. 



Nu SpR3 Nest with Four Eggs Showing Maximum Variation in 

 Color and Markings. Cornell University Zoological 

 Museum. (1910) 



Nu SpR4 Three Young Birds Posed on Small Limb. (1900) 



Do they resemble their parents? 



Nu SpRS Adult with Food and One Young Bird on Perch. Arcade. 

 (1906) R.H.Beebe 



What kind of food has the bird in its bill? 



Nu SpR6 Adult Feeding Worm to Young. (1903) Bailey 



Nu SpR7 Adult on Ground. (1909) Bailey 



A good example of protective coloration. Note the spot on 

 the breast. This is a distinguishing mark. Compare with the 

 swamp sparrow as to breast markings. These birds are fre- 

 quently confused. 



Nu SpR72 Adult with White-throated Sparrow on Ground at Feed- 

 ing Station among Saxifrage and Hepaticas. Ithaca. 

 (May 10, 1917) Allen 



Nu SpRS Adult Feeding in Snow. (1911) Bailey 



Sparrow, Swamp {Melospiza georgiana) 



As indicated by its name, this bird is essentially a resident of 

 swamps. Many are found in the Montezuma marshes, but nearly 

 all our smaller swamps have a few. What effect does the drain- 



