SWAMP SPARROW 



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chirp and insect-like trill by way of springtime 

 greeting. 



SWAMP SPARROW 



Like a lost riverlet is the sweet monotonous 

 trill that, issuing from the grassy, brushy tangle 



SWAMP SPARROW 



Length 5% inches 



of the marsh growth, lets you know the little 

 dark-brown bird is near, usually before your 

 eyes can find him. Look closely at his bright 

 bay head, which in winter is striped with black, 

 and you may be sure of him in whatever sur- 

 roundings; for in the South he does not always 

 choose so moist a habitat, but is content in low- 

 lying brushy pastures and sedge-grass fields. 

 A stream that has lost its way in crossing a 



