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594 Calcarius lapponicus (con.)
595 Otocoris Alpestris praticola

596. Otocoris Alpestris praticola

Song Sparrow

Harris Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

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Length 5 15/16 wing 3 3/4 tail 2 5/16 [[female symbol]] im stomach contents seeds.

595. Otocoris Alpestris praticola. A. Wetmore. Field near Verdigris River, Independence, Kan. iris brown. base of mandible dull white. bill hair brown. tarsus dusky brown. Length 7, wing 4 1/2 tail 2 3/4 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents seeds.

596. Otocoris alpestris praticola. A. Wetmore. Field near Verdigris River, Independence, Kan. iris brown. base of mandible ivory white. tip of bill dusky. rest hair brown. Length 6 1/2 wing 4 1/4 tail 2 1/2 [[male symbol]] im stomach contents seeds.

This afternoon I went down along the river. Song Sparrows were more common than when I came. They were very secretive. Frequently one would dash across the leaves like a brown streak, making a great rustling.

Saw quite a number of Harris Sparrows. All that I noticed were immature birds. They called [[underlined]] tse [[/underlined]] in a very sharp tone something like the White-throats note.  They also sang. [[underlined]] tur tur tur tur wheur wheur [[/underlined]]. The first two notes rapid and bubbling and the last two loud and clear. The last were something of the same tone as the song of P. iliaca. The birds flew up out of the grass and weeds and lit in the trees not very high up. The flight was up and down and the tail was spread at each stroke of the

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Filled in missing text and made some corrections - nwmath