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1916.

(White crowned Sparrow [White-crowned Sparrow]) lane or the Forsythia thicket in front of our
house during the next two days. On the 15th [May 15, 1916] he was heard in full
song, every now and then, through the entire day but on the 16th [May 16, 1916] kept
silent save in early morning. He had a wild, sweet, plaintive voice
and notes essentially unvaried in form & sequence yet differing
sufficiently in quality or expression from time to time to remind me
by turns of those of the Vesper Sparrow, of the Tree Sparrow, of the
Meadow Lark and, occasionally, even of the Hermit Thrush. Such
suggestiveness implies, of course, that the song was very pleasing and
it so impressed me despite the fact that is was not sufficiently
loud to be heard distinctly & to the best advantage at distances
exceeding fifty or sixty yards.

59. White-throated Sparrow. First noted at our Farm on April 27 [April 27, 1916],
last on May 21 [May 21, 1916]. On these and various intervening dates birds were
seen or heard along the lane or in Birch Field, never more than one daily
save on May 13 [May 13, 1916] when two were observed. Most were immature and
sang but feebly or listlessly.

60. Tree Sparrow. Heard a male singing freely & delightfully in our
Berry Pasture on April 12 [April 12, 1916] but failed to note the species on any other
occasion.

61. Chipping Sparrow. Arrived April 16 [April 16, 1916]. Bred in normal numbers
throughout our farming lands & others in their neighborhood. Nest in
vine on Bungalow porch held 3 eggs on May 21 [May 21, 1916]. The young left it on
June 13 [June 13, 1916]. Another nest, begun in a cedar in front of our house on May 13 [May 13, 1916], 
was not laid in. Still another, in a cedar growing in the lane,
contained, on June - , a single egg pierced with a small hole,
presumably by one of the pair of House Wrens nesting in a box hard by.
A pair of Chippies seen in Birch Field on May 14 [May 14, 1916] probably nested there.