Fox Sparrows 
go early 
to "bed 
Juncos go 
still earlier 
height of six or eight inches. The Juncos scratched in the 
same way but much less often and also less vigorously tha^n 
the Fox Sparrows. They hopped about more restlessly and 
incessantly, however, carrying their heads low and their 
bodies flattened to the ground, \f7here the seed had been 
scattered profusely, both species would remain in one spot 
for minutes at a time, doing nothing but eat. When 
alarmed by the sight or sound of an approaching man or 
dog, the Fox Sparrows would stand erect and motionless for 
a moment before taking flight. The Juncos, under similaj? 
conditions, kept equally immovable but in more crouching 
attitudes. 
In previous years I have often knov/n Fox Sparrows 
(to) leave their feeding grounds in the open fields and 
weed patches to seek their resting-places for the night 
among dense pines before smset, but this evening a number 
of them lingered well into the twilight about the seed bed 
in front of the cabin. All the Juncos deserted it half 
an hour or more before this, according to Gilbert, who 
was on the spot. At 5.45 P. M. I came upon what appeared 
to be the entire flock on Pine Ridge where they had 
evidently settled themselves for the night, although the 
sun was still well above the horizon. They were scattered 
about over an acre or more in dense, bushy pasture pines 
of large growth. As I strolled about among these trees, 
I started bird after bird to the number of a dozen or 
more. Each would flutter noisily and utter the tsup call 
