SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



395 



first notes prolonged the last quickly giving 

 and accented. 



445. LECONTE SPARROW. 



Size of last, but more slender, head and 

 hind neck buff, latter streaked with chest- 

 nut; more buff beneath, fig. 314. Breeds in 



Fig. 314 



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Leconte Sparrow. 



prairie marshes of upper Mississippi Valley 

 north into Canada; winters in southern 

 States from S. C. to western Fla. Habits, 

 similar to last. 



446. SEASIDE SPARROW. 

 Larger, 5.50; gray above, slightly 

 streaked with darker; line over eye, yellow; 



