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his song. but he has both a trill and a low, sweet song as unpreten- tious and eheery as the friendly bird himself. l:‘1.onENei-: A. Mmmmn.

5678. J. h. carolinensis [In met. (‘.»\]wt.txi\ Jl‘St'u.——Similar to the precedingr species, but slightly larger, the upper parts, throat. and breast uni~ form graysh slate-color wit/tout a brownish wash, bill horn-eolor. \\'.,3‘:£ti: '1‘., 23‘s.); 13., 43.

[mnyesiMountains of Virginia, North and South (‘arolina.

This is a connnon and apparently permanent resident species in the higher parts of the southern Alleghanies.

Snrrizrn'r‘s ereo (5071;. Juan; hyanuzUs slurftlv/l'i'),a western species. has been reeorded from Illinois, Distriet of Columbia. Maryland. and Massachu— setts. It resembles J. Lysine/ix, but has the haek hrowner and the sides brownish \‘inaeeous.

575. Peucwa. aastivalis (lJe/zt.n ,l’ixii—nmons Si-Ainzow. At], , l'pper parts light e/nslnut, more or less streaked with hlaek and margined with (/r/Ig; a grayish line over the eye: bend of the wing: yellow: tail—

i feathers narrow. }_'l

ayish fuseons. the outer ones mueh the shortest; breast

i and sides wushed \\ith pale brownish ash: breast sometini is with a few

bluek spots; middle ot'the belly white. l.., 5‘50; “13.":th T. I; 1%., ‘45. [fringe—lflorida and southern Georgia.

Al's-Z, of fine grasses, on the ground, heneath serub palmetto. Ii'g/g/A‘, three to four, pure white, ‘72: x '61.

This is a common bird in Florida. It winters in the southern part: of the State and migrates northward in March. It is found only in pine woods having an undergrmvth of sernb palmetto. Here it passes most of its time on the ground, and is difficult to flush.

When singin". it seeks an elevated pereh. In my opinion its song; i.‘ more beautiful than that of any other of our Sparrows. It is very simple. but it pos.’ 'ses all the exquisite tenderness and pathos of the melody of the Hermit Thrush; indeed, in purity of tone and in execu- tion 1 should consider the Sparrow the superior songster. It sings most freely very early in the morning and late in the afternoon. when the world is hushed and the pine trees breathe a soft, accompaniment. to its divine music.

575a. P. a. bachmanii (Jud). B.\emt.\x‘s SrAInzmxu—Similar to the preceding speeies, but the upper parts rufous. hlaek streaks generally

confined to the haek. or absent; line over the, eye butly; breast and sides brownish eremn~hntf without. streaks.

[faunas—Loner Mississippi Valley north to southern Indiana and southern Illinois; west, to northern Texas: east to Georgia, South and North Carolina; south in winter, in the .\tlantie States. to southern Florida.

Nest, of era ', domed and eylindrieal. on the ground. Eggs, three to four, pure white, '74 x ~60 (Bendire. Auk, \', HHS, p. 356). \

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