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on the islands off our coast, where, when using raw sheep 
wool in their nest construction, they build some very hand- 
some nests. Collecting on Hog Island during the summer 
of 1912 was particularly attractive on account of the wool 
used by many of the species when nest building. The 
Song Sparrow, Boat-tailed Grackle, Kingbird, Prairie 
Warbler, House Wren and White-bellied Swallows, all 
used it to some extent, sheep being more numerous on the 
island that season than usual. Our local birds probably 
do not migrate, but are joined during the winter by many 
from further north. 
[584]. AMelospiza georgiana (Latham). Swamp 
Sparrow. 
Ranex.—North America east of the Great Plains. 
Breeds in Canadian, Transition, and part of Upper Austral 
zones from west central Alberta, central Mackenzie, central 
Keewatin, central Quebec, and Newfoundland south to 
northern Nebraska, northern Missouri, northern Illinois, 
West Virginia (mountains), and northern Virginia; 
winters from Nebraska, Ohio Valley and Massachusetts 
(rarely) south to the Gulf Coast from central Florida to 
southern Texas, southern Tamaulipas, and Jalisco, 
Mexico; accidental in Utah and Colorado; casual in 
Bermuda. 
This is a rare breeding sparrow within the southern 
half of our State, though abundant during the winter 
time, as many from further north remain with us. Those 
migrating northward from south of us, arrive about March 
4th, while in the fall the height of the migration reaches 
us about October 1st. Professor Smyth reports them at 
