THE CHIPPING SI 'ARROW. 



No. 35- 



CHIPPING SPARROW. 



A. ( ). U. No. 560. Spizella socialis (Wils.). 

 Synonyms. — Chippy ; Hair-bird. 



Description. — Adults: Forehead black divided by short gray line; crown 

 chestnut decked with black behind; a gray line over eye, and a black line through 

 it; entire under parts ashy-gray, unmarked; back separated from head by gray 

 of nape, strongly streaked by black, pale rufous, and ochraceous ; wings and tail 

 fuscous, edged with whitish; bill black; feet pale. Immature birds have bill 

 yellow below: the chestnut of crown mixed with black; and a burly- suffusion 

 of breast and sides in varying proportions. Very young birds are streaked be- 

 low. Length 5.00-5.50 ( 127. -139.7) ; wing 2.-^ (69.9); tail 2.t,j (60.2); bill 

 .36 (9.1)/ 



THE WORM?— A CHIPPING SPARROW FAMILY. 



-Warbler size; blackish forehead and cl 



lestnul crown ; 



Recognition Marks. 



song a monotonous trill. 



Nest, a compact structure of fine twigs, grasses, and (most commonly and 

 often exclusively) rootlets, heavily lined with horse-hair; placed anywhere in 

 bushes or small trees, but preferably on horizontal branches of apple-trees or 

 evergreens. Eggs, 4 or 5, greenish blue, speckled freely or narrowly about the 

 larger end with reddish brown or black. Ay. size. .71 x .51 ( 18. x 13.). 



