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certainly nearer this than the Savannab Sparrow, with which 
it has been compared. “My specimen,” he says, “also differs 
in size [from Audubon’s*]. I give measurements of both 
for comparison, remarking that mine was measured from the 
fresh bird, while the other was from the skin.” 



LOCALITY. Date. Length.|Alar ext.| Wing.|Tail.|Bill.| Tarsus. |Sex. 
Mouth of Yellowstone. 1813 4.64 —— 2.77 | 2.10 | .39 84 — 
Ipswich, Mass., ....|Dec.4,1868. 6.30 11.00 3.25 | 2:60 | 40| .95.| d 










It differed in color as well as in size from the specimen 
described by Prof. Baird. The former difference is doubt- 
less due to the different seasons of the year at which they 
were collected, and the latter to the fact of the Ipswich 
specimen having a more northern birth-place. That there 
might be no mistake, the specimen was transmitted to Pro-. 
fessor Baird for examination, who kindly compared it with 
the type in the Smithsonian Institution, and reports that he 
found them identical. 
SAVANNAH Sparrow.  Passerculus savanna Bon. Rather 
rare in the interior at all seasons, and, so far as I can learn, 
only seen there during its migrations. On the coast, how- 
ever, it is one of the most common sparrows throughout the 
summer, where great numbers breed. I have seen it from 
Ipswich southward all along the coast to Nantucket Island. 
On the islands off the coast it is often the most numerous 
species of bird. The Song Sparrow, on the contrary, 1$ 
more numerous in the interior, it being comparatively scarce 
on the islands and on the coast close to the sea. 
Henstow’s Sparrow. Obturniculus Henslowii Bon. This 
species must still be considered a rare summer visitor, 
though it proves to be more common than was supposed a 
few years since. Specimens are taken in the eastern part of 
the state nearly every year, where also several of its nests 
ALES LUE RISURESUSORN SUN ^ "Y 

* See Baird's Birds of North America, p. 441. 

