weet-tweet_
many times repeated, is associated with the music of Marsh Wrens. It
nests on the ground in May, laying eggs not unlike those of the Song
Sparrow.

FOX SPARROW

_Passerella iliaca iliaca. Case 4, Fig. 37; Case 5, Fig. 7_

A large, bright, reddish brown Sparrow, which,
because of its red-brown tail, and in spite of its
stout bill, is sometimes mistaken for the Hermit
Thrush. L. 7-1/2.

_Range._ Nests in northern Canada; winters from
Ohio and Maryland to the Gulf States.

Washington, very abundant T.V., Mch. 13-May 11;
Oct. 23-Nov. 15: a few winter. Ossining, tolerably
common T.V., Mch. 4-Apl. 20; Oct. 14-Nov. 28.
Cambridge, abundant T.V., Mch. 15-Apl. 12; Oct.
20-Nov. 15; occasional in winter. N. Ohio, common
T.V., Mch. 12-Apl. 23; Oct. 1-Nov. 16. Glen Ellyn,
fairly common T.V., Mch. 11-Apl. 28; Sept. 22-Nov.
8. SE. Minn., common T.V., Mch. 12-; Sept. 17-Nov.
12.

A vigorous scratcher in the undergrowth who, using both feet at once,
kicks the leaves out behind him; a master musician among our Sparrows
whose loud, clear, joyous notes form one of our most notable bird songs.
We hear it only for a brief time in spring and fall as the birds pass us
on their migration.

TOWHEE

_Pipilo erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus. Case 4, Figs. 32, 33; Case 6.
Fig. 51_

The female is brown where the male is black; both
are unmistakable L. 8-1/4.

_Range._ Nests from northern Georgia and central
Kansas; winters from Ohio and Potomac Valleys to
the Gulf.

Washington, common S.R., very common T.V., Apl.
5-Oct. 21; a few winter. Ossining, common S.R.,
Apl. 21-Oct. 31. Cambridge, common S.R., Apl.
25-Oct. 15. N. Ohio, common S.R., Mch. 10-Oct. 25.
Glen Ellyn, not common, S.R., Mch. 30-Nov. 18, SE.
Minn., common S.R., Apl. 11-Nov. 8.

_Chewi['n]k, towhee_, the clear, emphatic, strongly accented call
announces the presence of a bird whose colors are as distinctive as its
notes. The Towhee feeds on the ground in and near bushy places, but when
the desire to sing comes upon him he leaves his lowly haunts and taking
a more or less exposed perch, fifteen to twenty feet from the ground,
utters his _sweet-bird-sin-n-n-g_, with an earnestness which goes far to