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north,.especially in so bleak a place. After some trouble I 
again started it. It flew wildly as before, when I fired, and 
was fortunate enongh to secure it. It proved to be Baird’s 
Sparrow. When I found I had taken a specimen which I had 
never seen before,—although at that time I did not know its 
name or the interest attached to it,—I instantly went in search 
of more. After a timé I succeeded in starting another. This 
“one, however, rose too far off for gunshot, and I did not secure 
it. It flew away to a great distance, when I lost sight of it. 
After this I thought that among the myriads of Snow Buntings 
that continually rose a short distance from me I again detected 
it, but I was perhaps mistaken. I am confident of having seen 
it in previous years at this place, earlier in the season.” 
* * * * * * * 
“ * * * As might be expected, I heard no song-note 
at this season, but simply a short chirp of alarm.” 
The Ipswich Sparrows are now known to be regular winter- 
visitants from the North along the coast of New England. 
They also occur inland, as I observed two, who were extremely 
shy, in a sandy field at the distance of several miles from the 
sea. 
(B) SAVANNA. Savannah Sparrow. 
(A rather colonial species, locally common in the summer- 
season throughout New England.) 
(a). About 54 inches long. With no bright tints (espec- 
ially about the interscapulars), and rarely a prominent pectoral 
blotch, as in the Song Sparrow (XIII, A, who sometimes, 
however, lacks the latter feature), and never with a chestnut 
patch on the wing, or conspicuous white on the tail as in the 
Grass Finch (XII, A). Feathers above, brownish-gray, on the 
tail scarcely marked, but elsewhere pale-edged, and darkly 
streaked, most finely upon the crown. Superciliary line and 
edge of the wing, yellowish; a faint line dividing the crown, 
whitish. Beneath white (or buffish), with dark streaks, brown- 
edged. A little bay is to be found on the wings, and among 
the interscapulars. 
