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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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Fig. 42.—Fox Sparrow. the middle of April. It is eminently gregarious, inhabiting thickets andthe densest briar patches and laurel brakes. Like the Towhee Buutiug, PASSERES—OSCINES FRINGILLIDiE. 6 7 the Fox Sparrow spends much of its time on the ground, scratching andrustling among the dry leaves. It comes into full song just before itleaves, but at other times has only a slight chirp. (282) lOl. (134.) Spiza americana (Gm.) Bp. Black-throated Bunting. A summer resident. This bird used to arrive regularly about the firstof May, and leave toward the end of September, meanwhile being veryabundant. We could always find it, for example, in the fields, orchards,and graveyards there formerly were along Fourteenth street betweenN street and Boundary. For several seasons one or more pairs bred
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H.H.N. ^\Fig. -13.—Black-throated Bunting. regularly in the graveyard that occupied the second square south of theBoundary on the right hand going north, the chip-chip-chee dice chee ofthe males always saluting us as we passed to and from college. Xow,however, the bird appears to have forsaken us, few if any having beenheard of for the past few years. We can hardly account for this. TheEnglish Sparrows are scarcely numerous enough in the outskirts tohave driven the Buntings away, nor need the building up of the cityhave-caused them to retire from the whole District, as they appear tohave done. Whatever the cause, it is one of the most notable changesin the bird-fauna of the immediate vicinity of the city. (2S7J 102. (135.) Zamelodia ludoviciana (Linn.) Corns. Eose-breasted Grosbeak. A rare summer visitant, seen at irregular intervals, and not to beprocured every season. Its periods of appearance and disappearancewe never noted. It doubtless breeds here, as we have known it to betake

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