NAME- 



Song Sparrow 



A.O. 



U.NO.- 581 



(Melospiza melodia) 



DATE- 



May 20, 193^ 







NO.- 



k 







SIZES- 



0. ?8 x 0.61 0. 

 0.79 x 0.60 0. 



78 x 

 80 x 



0.60 

 0.61 



INCUBATION- Fresh 



SITUATION - I found the nest of this 

 species in a large, dense rosebush, about 8' 

 from the ground? all of which made it diffi- 

 cult to obtain. The nest was roughly cup- 

 shaped and composed of grasses, weed stems, 

 and thin pieces of bark; it was lined with 

 finer grasses, rootlets, and dark hair. 



The four fresh, ovoid, light 

 greenish eggs were heavily splotched and 

 dotted with reddish brown, more pronounced 

 near the larger end. 



The dimensions of the nest were 



roughly: 



Outside diam.: 6" Inside diam.: 2i" 

 Height: 4" Depth : l} M 



Near V.E.S., Lynchburg, Va. 



