Sparrow WESTERN BIRDS 



Washington and Oregon east of the Cascades to Shasta 

 County, California; winters south to Nevada, Utah and 

 Arizona. 



Alameda or Salt Marsh Sparrow (M. m. pusillula) is 

 found in the salt marshes on south side of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, California. 



San Diego Song Sparrow (M. m. cooperi) ranges from 

 Monterey Bay, California, south to San Quinton Bay, 

 Lower California, and east to Fort Tehon and San Ber- 

 nardino. 



Mendocino Song Sparrow (M. m. cleonensis) is found 

 in the coast strip of southern Oregon and northern Cali- 

 fornia from Yaquina Bay, Oregon, to Tomales Bay, 

 California. 



GENUS MELOSPIZA : LINCOLN'S 

 SPARROW. 



Lincoln's Sparrow: Melospiza lincolni lincolni. 

 FAMILY— FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



The Lincoln Sparrow is about six inches long and in 

 plumage somewhat resembles the Song Sparrow to which 

 it is closely allied. The stripings on back and head are 

 much the same, but those on the breast are finer and 

 the black button is lacking. A broad cream-buff band 

 across the breast, a cream-buff stripe on either side of 

 the throat, and the sides tinged with cream-buff, are dis- 

 tinctive markings. 



In habits and song there is much difference, since the 

 Lincoln is a shy dweller of the evergreen woods of the 

 east and the high altitudes of the west, rather than a 

 dooryard visitor. 



While these birds are most abundant north of our 

 country, they also breed in northern Minnesota, and 



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