WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 61. FIELD SPARROW. 



Species: S. pusilla. 



Distribution: 



A common summer resident of southern New England becom- 

 inix less so farther north. Two records of wintering. 



Date of Arrival: 

 Late April. 



Date of Departure: 

 November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish, darkly streaked, crown chestnut^ wings 

 white barred ; under parts wliite, breast and flanks tinted 

 with brownish. Bill pink, feet dark. Length about 5.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A trilling song and a sharp chirp. 



Haunts: 



Fields and meadows and low ijrowths. 



