Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



56 1. Clay-colored Sparrow {Spi^ella pallida). 



L. 5.4. No reddish brown. Ads. Above grayish 

 streaked with black; sides of crown largely 

 black, a grayish line through its center; sides of head 

 brownish; below white. Notes. Song, three notes, 

 and a slight trill. (Coues.) 



Range. — Interior of North America, from Illinois to the Rockies; 

 breeds from eastern Colorado, and northwestern Illinois north to Sas- 

 katchewan; winters from southern Texas Into Mexico. 



562. Brewer Sparrow {Spizella breweri). L. 5.4. 

 No reddish brown. Ads. Back and crown brownish 

 gray, uniformly and narrowly streaked with black; 

 sides of head grayish., below white. Grayer than No. 

 561, the sides of thecrownwo^ largely black. Notes. 

 Call, chip; song, a reedy warble resembling in tone 

 that of a Long-billed Marsh Wren. ■ 



Range. — Western United States, from the Rockies to central Cal- 

 ifornia; breeds from Mexican border States north to British Colum- 

 bia; winters from southern California south Into Mexico. 



574. Bell Sparrow [Amphispira belli). L. 6.1; W. 

 2.7. Ads. Sides of throat with black streaks; center 

 of breast with black spots; above grayish brown, usual- 

 Is- without distinct streaks, no white in tail. 



Range.— Pacific coast, from northern Lower California northwest of 

 Sierras, to Warren county, California; resident. 



574a. Sage Sparrow {A. b. nevadensis). Similar 

 to No. 574, but larger, W. 3.1; back brownish gray, 

 usually finely but distinctly streaked with black; less 

 black at sides of throat, usually a whitcstripe over the 

 eye. Notes. Call, a chipping twitter; song, feeble, 

 but sweet and sad. (B. B. & R.) 



Range. — Great Basin region: breeds from New Mexico, Arizona, 

 and southeastern California north to Idaho and eastern Oregon; win- 

 ters south to western Texas and southern California. 



574b. Gray Sage Sparrow (A. b. cinerea). Simi- 

 lar to No. 574, but paler above, throat-stripes narrower, 

 more interrupted, breast-spot smaller, both stripes and 

 spot dull grayish instead of blackish. (Ridgw.) 



Range.— Lower California. 



5 64. Worthen Sparrow [Spizella wortheni). Re- 

 sembles No. 563a, but-sides of head plain gray, no 

 brownish streak behind eye; tail shorter, 2.5. 



Range. — Southern New Mexico (Silver City) , southward over east- 

 ern border of Mexican plateau to southern Puebla; breeding from 

 Tamaullpas northward. (Ridgw.) 



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