BIRD NOTES AFIELD 



2. General effect of plumage streaked above and below in brown, 

 gray and white. 



a. Bill thickened and sparrowlike. 



Bay-winged Bunting 119 



Savanna-Sparrow 1 22 



Song-Sparrow 1 34 



Lincoln's Sparrow 1 35 



Pine-Finch 117 



House-Finch 108-1 10 



Female Lark-Bunting 144 



b. Bill slender; birds running about in open fields in flocks and 

 with a curious teetering motion at times. 



American Pipit 1 76 



3. Upper parts of body streaked; lower parts unstreaked. 



a. General effect of streaks broad; a light line down center of 

 head; tail short; bill rather large. 



Young Grasshopper-Sparrow 123 



b. General effect of streaks very narrow; no light line on head; 

 tail long; bill very small. 



Brewer's Sparrow 128 



c. Plumage streaked grayish brown and rusty brown above; 

 head rufous; throat white with dusky streaks bordering it; 

 under parts buffy. 



Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1 33 



4. Upper parts of body solid brown; lower parts spotted, streaked 

 or barred. Wings and tail with or without bars. 



a. Bill stout; back dark brown; breast white, heavily marked 

 with triangular brown spots. 



Townsend's Sparrow Group 1 36 



b. Bill slender; feet long and slender; back olive-brown; breast 

 white or buffy, spotted with brown. 



a. Upper tail-coverts and tail resembling the back. 



Russet-backed Thrush 207 



b'. Upper tail-coverts and tail rufous in contrast to back. 



Hermit-Thrush 208 



c. Bill slender; feet long and slender, but scaled, unlike a 

 thrush's. Back grayish brown; breast dull whitish profusely 

 spotted with triangular brown markings. Tail tipped with 

 white. 



Sage-Thrasher 1 78 



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