Spizella monticoia. 
1871. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(Apr,12)k Still abundant. 
“ 24. 
A male singing, the last (Concord). 
Oct. 25. 
A flock, one nearly white. 
1867. 
Dec, 11, 
Watched about a dozen of them for sometime. Their 
flight is undulation and they pass generally through 
the topd of trees and instead of along the ground like 
the Song Sparrow; they also frequently alight in the 
tops of very tall trees. 
1868. 
Jan. 17. 
Heard an old male sing several times. 
1869. 
May— 
1870. 
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1872. 
Mar. 9, 
Very scarce nov/ as the birds wintering with us have 
begun MdTingng north, while the rush of southern mi¬ 
grants has not yet begun. 
1875, 
f^eb. 18. 
A rollicking, merry flock on the ground under cedar 
trees in Watertown. Several times I caught a fragment 
of their fine rapid wrble and one male sang repeatedly 
loudly and boldly, * 
Mar. 2. 
Several singing. 
“ 30. 
Our resident birds have left, and as none have come 
flrom the south the species is nearly wanting here. 
Apr. 2. 
A few in the Fresh Pond Swamp in full song. 
May 4. 
All gone. 
Nov. 3. 
Two specimens in Watertov/n. 
1876. 
Mar. 23. 
At least one hundred scattered along the bushy 
edges of the Brickyard Swamp, the males singing freely. 
The song is remarkably like that of the Canary, but shor¬ 
ter. Though loss pov/erful and rich it is very attractiio 
from its wild ringing sweetness. It cannot be compared 
hov/ever, to the song of the Pox Sparrovr * 
'^pr. 5. 
Several in Watertovm. They are unusually scarce 
this spring. 
Oct. 4. 
Numbers in a field of weeds (Concord). 
