Melosrmza fasciata. 
Peterborough, New Hampshire. 
1899. Here as at Concord the Song Sparrows were comparatively 
July uncommon birds this summer. The greatest number that I heard 
& 
August. singing in any one day was four and ordinarily I did not neet 
with more than one or two. This indicates that the species 
suffered severely in the South last winter. The full song 
was not heard after July 29tli. Most of the birds heard here 
last summer ended the song in a peculiar way but the songs of 
all that I observed this season were normal. 
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