Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 



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53 7. Smith Longspur {Calcarius pictus) . L. 6.6. 

 Hind toe-nail as long as toe; two outer tail-feathers 

 mostly white. Ad. ^. Throat, breast and belly buff; 

 nape buff; crown and cheeks black; ear-coverts and 

 line over eye white; lesser wing-coverts black margined 

 with white. Ad. £• Above brownish black mar- 

 gined with buff and rusty brown; below pale buff, 

 sides of breast and flanks streaked with brown. $ in 

 winter. Like 9 but lesser wing-coverts black and 

 white. Notes, Call constantly chirrup as they fly. 

 (Goss.) 



Range.— Middle western United States; breeds in northern British 

 America; winters south over the plains and prairies to Texas; east to 

 Illinois. 



579. Rufous-winged Sparrow (Aimophila carpalis). 

 L. 5.7. Outer tail-feathers shortest. Ads. Lesser 

 wing-coverts bright reddish brown; crown reddish 

 brown or chestnut margined with gray; back streaked 

 with black and margined with grayish brown; below 

 whitish; two black streaks from either side of the base 

 of the lower mandible. Notes. Call, %ib, %ib, pb. 

 (Bendire.) 



Range. — Southern Arizona, north to Tucson and Camp Lowell and 

 south through Sonor-a to northern Sinaloa. (Ridgw.) 



580. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) . 

 L. 4; T. 2.6. No yellow at bend of wing; outer tail- 

 feathers shortest. Ads. Above reddish brown marg- 

 ined with buffy gray (no black streaks); below, in- 

 cluding middle of belly, brownish; sides of throat with 

 black lines. Notes. Song, very sweet, resembling 

 that of Lazuli Bunting, but distinguishable. (C. A. 

 Allen.) 



Range.— Northern Lower California north to Marin County and 

 Sacramento Valley, California; local. 



580a. Scott Sparrow (A. r. scottii). Similar to No. 

 580, but above brighter reddish brown, the margins to 

 the feathers grayer, the underparts much paler, the 

 breast grayish, the throat and middle of the belly 

 whitish. 



Range.— Northwestern portion of Mexican plateau and adjacent 

 portions of Arizona. New Mexico and western Texas (El Paso Co.) 

 (Ridgw.) 



580b. Rock Sparrow (A. r. eremxca). L. 6. 

 Ads. Crown reddish chestnut, back olive-brown 

 margined with gray. Similar to No. 58oa> but back of 

 a different color from crown, the grayish margins 

 wider. 



Range.— Limestone Hill districts of middle Texas, from Kinney and 

 Maverick counties on the Rio Grande, northeastward to Cook County 

 and westward at least to Tom Green County; south in winter to Mex- 

 ico. (Ridgw.) 



580c. Laguna Sparrow (A. r. sororia). Similar 

 to No. 580a, but bill somewhat stouter, reddish brown 

 above averaging brighter and wider. 



Range. — Southern Lower California. 



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