134 



KEY Ayn DE.SClilPTION^ 



usually sings while perched on a twig, it occasionally sings 

 a new and varied song while on the wing. 



Length, 6{ ; wing, 2| 

 (23-2f) ; tail, 2| ; tar- 

 sus, I ; culmen, i. North 

 America from the 

 Plains eastward ; breed- 

 ing from Virginia north- 

 ward, and wintering 

 throughout the eastern 

 United States. 



39. Lincoln's Spar- 

 row (.")So. MiAuspiza 

 Uncdlnii). — A butfy- 

 breasted, white-bel- 

 lied, streaky, brown- 

 ish-backed sparrow, 

 with the throat 

 white like the belly. 

 The whole bird, ex- 

 ce])t the middle of 

 the belly, is sharply 

 ^""^^P""" streaked. The 



creamy buff on the breast forms a band across it. This is 



a western bird of shy habits, rarely seen east of the Alle- 



ghanies. It is a singer of 



no great power, and of 



rather strange notes for a 



sparrow. 



Length, 5] ; wing, 2V (2J- 

 2J); tail. 2|,; tarsus, \\ cul- 

 men, J. North America ; breed- 

 ing chiefly north of the United 

 States, and wintering south of 

 it. 



40. Swamp Sparrow (r)<S4. 

 Melosp)za rjeoriiii^iia). — A 



common swamp or meadow- Lincoln's Sparrow 



