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camping with 
Mr. Wallace Craig, we found this small Sparrow was common in a field 
of weeds near the southeast corner of Bass Lake in Starke County, Indi- 
ana. Two were secured, both males, which were singing while perched 
on the tallest weed tops. July 24, 1895, while camping on the Kankakee 
River, near Wilders, Indiana, we found this Sparrow was abundant in an 
extensive field of tall weeds. Mr. Craig shot at one and it fell wounded 
in the weeds where it was very hard to find for it tried to keep hidden in 
the grass. The weed on which he had been standing was one of the 
tallest in the neighborhood, although not over three feet high, and it had 
evidently been used by the bird a great deal, judging from the amount of 
excrement on the grass below it. 
The Yellow-winged Sparrow was found in the same locality and was 
more numerous than the Henslow’s, and, when perched on weedtops or 
fence posts, was tamer. They could easily be distinguished from the 
Henslow’s by their notes. The following is from our notebook written 
by Mr. Craig while we were camping at Wilders: “ Henslow’s Sparrows 
seem to be quite numerous and found over a considerable area in the 
prairies. They sing frequently and may be heard in almost, if not quite, 
the hottest part of the day. The song is very simple, being a very rude 
attempt at producing music. It consists, so far as I have been able to 
determine, of two insect-like notes; it may be represented by the 
syllables stitch lick , uttered in quick succession, and once, when I 
had fired several shots without hitting anything, I thought the birds 
said ‘ such luck,’ ‘ such luck.’ The notes, as has been said, are insect- 
like in character, especially the first one, which is very lisping, the last 
note having more volume. The notes are not loud, but may be heard at 
some distance, and are somewhat ventriloquistic, seeming to come from 
some general direction but not from any definite spot so that it is impos- 
sible to locate the birds easily by their notes.’' 
While camping at Bass Lake in 1894, we heard one of these birds at 
up. m., the night being clear and moonlight. — James O. Dunn, Chicago , 
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