A distinguished musician himself, no one was better qualified to give a final opinion upon the subject. Audubon found it nesting in Labrador from the middle of June to the 5th of July. Its nest has been found in trees and on the ground in the Arctic regions, on the Yukon river in July. According to many observers, the nests are, for the most part, placed on the ground, usually concealed by the drooping branches of evergreens. They are made of grass and moss, lined with fine grass and feathers.
Some nests are three or four inches in depth, strong, compact, and handsome.
The eggs are three or five, oval in form, of a clayey greenish ground color, dotted with dull reddish brown and chocolate. They vary in coloration. In the autumn it is found in hedgerows, thickets and weedy grainfields, rarely however, staying far from some thickety cover. The Sparrows are worthy of close study, many of them possessing habits of great beauty and interest.