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Its large, thick-based bill is another prominent feature by which 
the bird may be identified. Its song is a rich, full-voiced, melo- 
dious warble suggesting both the notes of the Robin and the Balti- 
more Oriole. The favorite resorts of the Grosbeak are the broken 
woods of maples, oaks, and other hardwoods over thickets of fire 
cherry, sumach, older, and other fruit-bearing shrubs and trees. 
28. Towhee. Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus (Linn.) 
The Towhee is common in the Bear Mountain locality as a fre- 
quenter of the bushes and shrubbery along the roads, watercourses 
and ravines, wherever the ragged forest canopy admits of exposed 
growths of bushes. Clearings of any kind, grown over with sprouts 
and shrubs, are favorite haunts of the Towhee. It has been quite 
properly given the popular name of “ Ground robin,” both because 
it spends so much of its time on the ground scratching in the dead 
leaves, and because in size and markings it somewhat resembles 
the Robin. Its upper parts, with head, throat, and breast, are 
black, the wings and tail being spotted somewhat with white; the 
flanks are chestnut, and the belly is white. It is rather shy and 
wary while uttering its songs, diving down into the bushes when 
aware of observation. 
29. Swamp Sparrow. Melospiza georgiana •(Lath.) 
The Swamp Sparrow was noted only in the extensive marsh 
between the Inn grounds entrance and Iona Island, and there it 
was represented by a fair number of singing males. In coloration 
the Swamp Sparrow is very similar to the Chipping Sparrow, and 
its song closely resembles that of the latter, a trifle louder, perhaps, 
and a degree sweeter in tone. From a station near the top of a 
stem of cat-tail, this sparrow sings persistently when undisturbed, 
though it is shy of observation and quickly changes its station to 
avoid the observer. 
30. Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia melodia (Wils.) 
The Song Sparrow is a common resident of the Bear Mountain 
locality, and its song is one of the productions heard persistently 
until late summer or even early fall. Common as is this sparrow, 
