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NAME - Chipping Sparrow A.Q.U.NQ. - 560 

 (Spizella Passerina) 



DATE - May 20, 1934 

 NO.- 4 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



0.?0 x 0.50 O.69 x 0.51 



SIZES - 0.68 x 0.51 0.71 x 0.50 



SITUATION - This little bird built its 

 compact nest in the middle of a Rose bush 

 on one of the main trunks, but the nest was 

 also supported very well by two horizontal 

 smaller branches. It was about four feet 

 from the ground and consisted fine grasses, 

 a few weed stems, and many rootlets. It was 

 lined with finer grasses and rootlets as well 

 as significant amounts of horsehair. 



The four fresh, oval bluish 

 green eggs were spotted, scrawled and 

 blotched with purple, black and darker shades 

 of brown, tending to form a wreath at each 

 larger end. The nest had the following rough 

 dimensions: 



Outside diam.: 4" Inside diam.: 2" 

 Height : 2\" Depth : 



Lawn of V.E.S, near Lynchburg, Va. 



