Whitecr owned Sparrows. 
Lexington, Mass. 
One of the three Whitecrowned Sparrows I saw yesterday, was 
in constant song both days. The song was low and very sweet, 
gesting both the Baling and the Black-throated Green Warbler, (the 
books to the contrary notwithstanding). It belongs to an entirely 
different type# If had not the heart to kill one of the Whitecrownsy 
after hearing that bird sing. When singing, it usually sat in a 
Smilax ; in the attitude of a Bay-wing, it is ray impression that 
you have heard the Whitecrown sing in its breedings-grounds. Will 
you/ kindly write rue, at your convenience, whether your impressions 
of the song agree with mine,-i-.e. that it chiefly suggests the Bay^ 
wing — but pitched lower and of a sweeter tone? 
Walter Faxon (letter May 21, 1892). 
