110 EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



563. Field Sparrow, Spizella pusilla. Eggs, 4 or 5, oval, 

 bluish white, spotted and blotched with reddish brown and 

 lilac ; .50 -[- .61 to .55 -\- .70. The light markings are cl'.ar- 

 acteristic. Nests placed on the ground or in bushes, composed 

 of fine grass and weeds, lined with grass and horse-hair. 

 Breeds in Eastern United States, west to the plains, from 

 North Carolina north to Southern Canada, in Jlay and June. 



663a. Western Field Sparrow, Spizella pKnilla arenacea. 

 Eggs, unknovv'n. Birds occur in Texas. Described by Mr. 

 A^P. Chadborne m the "Auk" for April, 1886. 



561. Worthen's Sparrow, Spizella wortlieid. Eggs, un- 

 knovv'n. Breeds in New Mexico and Western Texas. 



565. Black-chinned Sparrow, Spizella atrigularis. Eggs, 

 light greenish blue, unspotted ; .68 -f- .50. Nests placed in 

 bushes. Breeds on the southern border of the United States, 

 from Califoi-nia to Texas. 



566. White-winged Junco, Junco dkeni. Eggs, unknown. 

 Breeds in the Black Hills. 



567. SLATE-coLOREd JuNCO, Jrmco hyemalis. Eggs, 4 or 5, 

 oval, varying from white to bluish, spotted, generally finely 

 and profusely, with reddish brown and lilac ; .55 -|- .70 to .60 

 -\- .75. Nests placed on the ground or very rarely in bushes, 

 composed of fine grass. Breeds in North America, east of 

 the Rocky Mountains, from Northern New York and New 

 England, northward, and south along the Alleghanies, in June. 



567a. Oregon Junco, Junco hyemalis oregonis. Eggs, in- 

 distinguishable from those of No. 567, and the nests and nest- 

 ing habits are similar. Breeds in Western United States, east 

 to the plains, northward to Alaska, in June. 



5676. Carolina Junco, Junco caroUnensis, Eggs, similar 

 to those of No. 567, but are a little larger. Nests placed in 

 trees and bushes. Breeds in the mountains of North Caro- 

 lina, in June. Described by Mr. William Brewster in the 

 "Auk" for January, 1886. 



568. Pink-sided Junco, Junco annectens. Eggs and nests 



