WESTERN BIRDS Sparrow 



stayed about with a flock of Gambels and was a delight 

 to all beholders. 



GENUS SPIZELLA: CHIPPING 

 SPARROW. 



Chipping Sparrow: Spizella passerina passerina. 

 FAMILY— FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



Probably the best known, most widely distributed 

 member of this family is the Chipping Sparrow, also 

 known as Chippy, and Hair Bird. West of the Rockies 

 a similar Sparrow is known as the Western Chipping 

 (S.p. Arizonse). 



Dr. Judd is authority for the statement that these 

 birds breed in every State in the Union (with the pos- 

 sible exception of Florida), in Canada, and on the table- 

 lands of Mexico. In their northern breeding range they 

 are summer residents, only, coming north in April and 

 returning south in October. 



Most welcome visitors they, indeed, are, being dainty 

 of form and extremely friendly in manner, coming about 

 the yards, along the roadways, in the pastures, plowed 

 lands, and orchards. Anywhere and everywhere, in fact, 

 one may find a family of Chippies. 



The adult birds are from five to five and one-half 

 inches long with backs that are streaked in brown, black, 

 and buffy, wings with inconspicuous bars, tail slightly 

 notched, under parts grayish white, bill black, nape and 

 rump gray. But the thing that distinguishes the bird 

 from others of his kind is the crown of head, which is a 

 warm rufous edged by a line of white or gray, below 

 which is a black line which passes through the eye. The 

 forehead is black and is cut by a white line in center. 

 The old birds in winter plumage, and the young ones, 



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