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VESPEE SPAREOW. 



Upper parts brownish gray streaked with black and a little buff ; wings dusky, 

 greater and middle coverts tipped with white; lesser coverts bright chestnut; tail 

 dusky, the outer feathers mostly white, the next one with less; under parts white; 

 the breast and sides streaked with black and buff. 



L., 6.15; W., 3.00; T., 2.30. 



Nest, on the ground. Eggs, four or five, pinkish white, spotted with reddish 



brown. 



FIELD SPAEEOW. 



Top of head dull chestnut; a gray line over eye; back finely streaked with black, 

 the feathers margined narrowly with ashy brown ; middle and greater wing coverts 

 tipped with white ; under parts white tinged with buff on breast and sides. 



Immature. Breast streaked with blackish. 



L., 5.65; W., 2.50; T., 2.55. 



Nest, on the ground or low down in a bush. Eggs, four or five, bluish white, 

 variously marked with reddish brown. 



WHITE-THEOATED SPAEEOW. 



Adult male. Centre of crown with a clear wliite stripe, bounded on either side 

 by wider black stripes ; a white stripe from the eye passes backward along the side of 

 head, in front of which is a short yellow stripe ; back chestnut brown streaked with 

 black, the feathers in part margined with grayish ; rump grayish brown ; bend of 

 wing yellow ; greater and median wing coverts tipped with white, forming wing bars ; 

 tail grayish brown; under parts grayish and darker on the breast; throat with a 

 clear white patch. 



Female and immature. The clear white of crown and throat replaced by buff. 

 L., 6.75; W., 2.90; T., 2.85. 



Nest, in bushes. Eggs, four or five, bluish white, clouded and blotched rather 

 heavily with reddish brown. 



WHITE-CEOWNED SPAEEOW. 



Adult. Centre of crown with a clear white stripe bordered on either side by black 

 stripes all of about equal width, a clear white line over the eye passes back along the 

 side of the head; nape gray; general color above ashy gray, the middle of the back 

 streaked with brown and whitish, greater and middle coverts tipped with white ; tail 

 dusky ; under parts grayish white. 



Immature. Similar, but sides of the crown rufous brown and centre of crown 

 pale grayish brown. 



L., 6.85; W., 3.00; T., 2.85. 



Nest, on or near the ground in bushes. Eggs, four or five, pale greenish blue, 

 speckled at the larger end with reddish brown. 



FOX SPAEEOW. 



Upper parts rusty red; upper tail coverts and tail bright rufous; wings mar- 

 gined vsdth rufous ; below white, heavily streaked with rusty brown and blackish ; tips 

 of middle and greater coverts forming two whitish wing bars. 



L., 7.25; W., 3.35; T., 2.85. 



Nest, on the ground or in low trees or bushes. Eggs, four or five, pale bluish, 

 heavily spotted with rusty brown. 



