Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



540. Vesper Sparrow {Tocecetes gramineus). L. 

 6.1. Outer tail-feather mostly white; hind toe-nail 

 not longer than toe; lesser wing-coverts reddish brown. 

 Ads. Above grayish brown streaked with black and 

 chestnut; below whitish, breast and sides streaked with 

 black and chestnut. Notes. Call, chip. Song, loud 

 and musical Look-look, see-see, me-me-me-me-me-me-sing, 

 followed by a confusion of notes. 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds from Virginia. Illinois and 

 Missouri north to New Brunswick and Manitoba; winters from Vir- 

 ginia and southern Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. 



540a. Western Vesper Sparrow (P. g. confinis). 



Similar to No. 540, but paler, less black above; bill 

 somewhat more slender. 



Range.— Western United States from the Plains to the Sierra; 

 breeds from Arizona and New Mexico north to the Saskatchewan and 

 British Columbia; winters south into Mexico. 



540b. Oregon Vesper Sparrow (P. g. affinis). 



Similar to No. 540a, but smaller, W. 3; bill still more 

 slender; plumage browner, more buffy; browner even 

 than No. 540, the underparts, including belly, suffused 

 with buff. 



Range.— Pacific coast; breeds in western Oregon (and north?) ; 

 winters southwest of the Sierra to San Diego, California. 



575. Pine-woods Sparrow [Peuccea aestivalis). L. 

 5.8; T. 2.5. Bend of the wing yellow; outer tail- 

 feathers much shorter than the middle pair. Ads. 

 Above reddish chestnut, head and back streaked with 

 black and margined with gray; below whitish, breast 

 faintly tinged with buff. Notes. Song, exceedingly sweet 

 and plaintive. 



Range.— Florida and southern Georgia; winters In southern Florida 



5 75a. Bachman Sparrow (T. ce. bachmanit). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 575, but above brighter reddish chestnut, 

 black streaks fewer and usually confined to back; 

 breast and sides deeper buff. 



Range.— Lower Mississippi Valley, west to southern Indiana and 

 southern Illinois, east to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, 

 and Virginia (rarely); west to Concho County, Texas; winters south in 

 Atlantic States, to southern Florida. 



576. Botteri Sparrow {Peuccea botteri). L. 6; T. 

 2.8. Bend of wing yellow; outer tail-feathers shortest. 

 Ads. Above bright rusty brown (about the color of a 

 Field Sparrow) , head and back streaked with black 

 and margined with gray; below buffy, the center of the 

 belly whitish. Notes. Song, begins with a faint trill 

 followed by a succession of disjointed syllables, cha, 

 cheewee, wee, wee, wee, wir. (Henshaw.) 



Range.- Entire plateau of Mexico north to Lower Rio Grande Val- 

 ley in Texas and southern Arizona. (Ridgw.) 



"578. Cassin Sparrow [Teuccea cassint). L. 6; T. 

 2.8. Bend of wing yellow; outer tail-feathers shortest, 

 their ends with distinct gravis/! patches. Ads. Above 

 gray streaked with dull reddish brown and spotted or 

 barred with black; below grayish white. Notes. Song, 

 lengthened and pleasing, usually sung on wing. 



Range. — Texas and southern Kansas west to southern Nevada and 

 Arizona south into Mexico. 



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