MelosTiiza fasciata. 
Watertown 
1895. 
Jan .12. 
Mass. 
There were five Song Sparrows similarly engaged (feeding 
on the seeds of some weeds that projected above the snow) a- 
mong some weeds on the edge of a field where the road crosses 
Arsenal Brook. It is unusual to see so many together at this 
season and I had to leave the road and wade knee-deep through 
the snow for several rods in order to fiilly satisfy myself 
that they were not Tree Sparrows. I distinctly made out the 
charactistic markings of each individual before they took the 
alarm and flew into the alders along the brook. 
