boNG Sparrow. — July 2d, 1881, I secured 
a bulky nest of tlie Song Sjiarrow from a 
White Pine tree near our house with a set 
of five eggs. The nest was placed near 
the end of a limb ten feet eleven inches 
from the ground. .July 6th I found the 
same pair had constructed another nest in 
the same tree, six inches higher than the 
first, and nearly as good, which contained 
one egg. On examining the nest again 
July 10th I found they had finished their 
second set of five eggs, which I did not 
disturb, thinking that they might build 
again the next year, but I looked in vain 
for them. — S. T. Kimball , Ellington, Ct. 
On June 18, 1880, I found a Song 
Sparrow’s nest placed in an abandoned 
Downy Woodpecker's nest, eight feet 
from the ground, in a dead witch hazel 
stub. The identification was positive, as I 
stood within three feet of the nest and 
watched the female feed the half-grown 
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Late Nesting. — We have in our posses- 
sion a Song Sparrow ’s nest and eggs which 
we took at Occum, Conn., Aug. 20, 1881. 
The eggs were quite fresh. We should be 
pleased to hear from collectors with the 
latest records of the present season. 
O.&O. VT1. Sept. 1882. p. /S(o 
Large Sets or Eggs. Song S parrow, 6 ; 
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o.&o. VIII. Oct. 1883 . D. 76 
Unusual Nesting-Site of the Song Sparrow. — Mr. Wilbur F. Lamb, 
of Holyoke, Mass., writes me under date of May 30, 1887, as follows: “I 
send you in same mail with this a bird which was captured on her nest in a 
hole in a willow tree. The hole was made by the decay of a limb, was about 
five and a half feet from the ground, and large enough to admit the hand of 
an adult easily. It was about ten inches in horizontal depth. There was 
almost no nest— simply a depression scratched in the decayed wood, with 
halt a dozen short strips of grape-vine bark arranged circularly in it. The 
whole cavity was wet and soggy The bird was sitting on five eggs 
when captured.” On examination the bird proved to be a female Song 
Sparrow (. Melospiza fasciatd), showing marks of incubation. — J. A° 
Abnormal Coloring of a Song Spar- 
row’s Eggs. 
On June 18, 1S93, I found a. nest of the 
Song Sparrow containing four eggs, three 
of the Sparrow and one of the Cowhird. 
| There are no two alike and to the observer 
they present the appearance of four differ- 
ent species of eggs, so greatly do they dif- 
fer in their marking’. 
No. 1. Size .80 x .60; is a very hand- 
some egg. The ground color of the larger 
end for about one half its length is light 
brown, the remaining half pale blue, im- 
maculate. On the larger end there is a 
blotch of reddish brown about three eighths 
of an inch in diameter and a few scatter- 
ing spots of the same color. The shading 
of the brown half into the blue is quite 
abrupt. 
No. 2. .So x. 59 ; ground color, pale 
blue, immaculate for about two thirds its 
length, with a wreath of reddish brown, 
and a few scattering spots of light and dark 
brown around the greater end. 
N°- 3 - -75 x -55 i grayish white, speck- 
led all over with various shades of reddish 
brown. The spots are larger and more 
confluent at the larger end. With the ex 
ception of its slightly larger size, it is in- 
distinguishable from the typical Field 
Sparrow s egg. There was nothing pecu- 
liar in the material or situation of the nest, 
neithei is there any doubt of their identity. 
Bethel, Conn. 
O.&O.V0I.I8, Jan. 1893 p.13 
Allen, American Museum 
N aiural History, New York City 
Auk, 4, July 186 7. p. 20 / 
ijrdp Tioga Oo, N.Y, Aideu Loring 
SSTrtSong Sparrow. Common. Breeds. 
This little songster is one of the earliest to 
arrive and latest to depart. It arrives about 
the last of March. The nest is placed in a, 
small bush or on the ground. It is composed 
of dried grass and is lined with horse hair. 
The eggs, four to five in number, are of a 
bluish-white color spotted and blotched with 
reddish-brown, thickest at the larger end. 
This bird leaves for the south about the last 
of October. 
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One of 
my collectors also found a set of Song 
Sparrowsyin a similar position. 
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