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3-. S. socialis, (Wils.) Bon. i^'iiiPPY. Hair Bird. 

 Streaked above, with much dull bay; crown chestnut; 

 bill, forehead and streak through eye black; ashy below; 

 L. oi; W. 2|; T., ^. N. Am., every where. [S. 

 domestica,, (Bart.) Coues.] 



4. 5. pallida, (Sw.) Bon. Clay -Colored Sparrow. 

 Still smaller; pale brownish yellow, streaked with black; 

 crown grayish, with median stripe. S. Ills, and W. 



15. MELOSPIZA, Baird. Song Sparrows. 



1. M. fasciaia, (Gmel.) Scott. Song Sparrow. Much 

 streaked above and on breast and sides; crown with 

 an obscure pale median stripe; below white, pectoral 

 streaks often forming^ a blotch ; L. 64- ; W. 24 ; T. 3. 

 U. S., every where; a well-known songster. [J/. 

 melodia.^ 



2. M. palustris, (Wils.) Baird. Swamp Sparrow. 

 Crown chestnut; wings strongly tinged with chestnut; 

 breast and below with few streaks or none; tail shorter 

 than in the Song Sparrow; L. of; W. 2^; T. 2^. E. U. 

 S., in low thickets. 



3. M. lincolni, (And.) Baird. Lincoln's Finch. 

 Every where thickly, narrowly and sharply streaked; 

 breast with a broad band of pale buffy or yellowish 

 brown; sides washed with the same; L. 5^; W. 24; T. 

 24^. N. Am., rare eastward; a shy species quite unlike 

 the others. 



16. PEUC/EA, Audubon. Summer Sparrows. 



1. P. CBstivalis, (Licht.) Cab. Bachman's Finch. 



Much streaked above, ashy below; yellow on bend of 

 wing but none on head; L. 6; W. 2^; T. 2^. Southern, 

 N. to Illinois. 



