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FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



Fig. 441. Rufous-winged 

 Sparrow. 



throat ; back buffy brown, sharply streaked 

 with black ; under parts grayish white. Young : 

 entire upper parts grayish brown, broadly 

 streaked with blackish ; patch on wing coverts 

 dusky, margined with pale brownish buff ; 

 under parts whitish, chest and sides broadly 

 streaked with dusky. Male : length (skins) 

 5.00-5.35, wing 2.40-2.60, tail 2.50-2.68, bill 

 .40-.42. Female: length (skins) 4.85-5.25, 

 wing 2.34-2.50, tail 2.43-2.65, bill .3S-.42. 



Remarks. - - The uniform bright rufous wing 

 patches of the adults of carpalis are diagnostic. 



Distribution. Arizona and northwestern Mexico. 



Nest. On or near the ground. Eggs : 3 to 5, plain bluish white. 



In the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, Mr. 

 Scott found small flocks of the rufous-winged sparrows from an alti- 

 tude of 3000 to 4500 feet. They were sometimes associated with 

 the chipping sparrows, whose habits are similar. 



580. Aimophila ruficeps (Cass.). RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW. 



Adults. -- Crown chiefly reddish brown; rest of upper parts grayish or 



grayish brown, broadly streaked with reddish 

 brown ; throat bordered by black stripe ; sides 

 of head and neck and under parts pale buffy or 

 brownish. Young : like adult, but upper parts 

 dull brownish, streaked ; under parts dingy 

 buff, chest and sides streaked. Male : length 

 (skins) 5.00-5.55, wing 2.20-2.40, tail 2.25- 

 2.65, bill .41-50. Female: length (skins) 

 5.00-5.20, wing 2.18-2.30, tail 2.32-2.60, bill 



Fig 44". .43-.50. 



Remarks. - - The prevailing dull reddish 



brown of the upper parts, together with the size, marks the rufous-crowned 

 sparrow. 



Distribution. --From northern California latitude 40 -south along 

 the Pacific coast to northern Lower California. 



Nest. -- On or near the ground, made of grasses, lined with stems and 

 sometimes a few hairs. Eggs : 3 to 5, plain white or bluish white. 



In Los Angeles County, Mr. Griunell says, the rufous-crowned is 

 tolerably common locally in the foothills throughout the year, but is 

 most abundant in April. In the Crafton Hills, where Mr. Williams 

 found it nesting, it was very shy and rarely seen, the brooding bird 

 gliding from her nest and dodging around ihe tufts of grass until 

 hidden behind a bush. 



580a. A. r. scottii (Senn.). SCOTT SPARROW. 



Similar to ruficeps, but larger, and sometimes not quite so bright. Male : 

 length (skins) 5.30-6.10 win 2.50-2.77, tail 2.60-2.92, bill .45-.r>5. Fe- 



length (skins) 5.:50-5.oO, wing 2.37-2.52. tail 2.5d-2.<>7. bill .45-.50. 

 Distribution. -- From western Texas to southern Arizona and south to 

 Durango. Mexico. 



