34 FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. 
ing near the barn or roadside, and building his nest in 
bushes. Winters in the South. 
83. FIELD SPARROW. Spizella pusilla. — 
Length, 53 inches. Front of head light; top of head, 
cheek, and back, red-brown ; underparts eray and 
whitish, buffish on breast and sides ; bill light-colored ; 
tail coverts brown. Resembles the Chippy, but with- 
out black lines anywhere on the head. His favorite 
grounds are gardens, pastures, and edges of fields, 
where he breeds among the shrubs along the fences. 
He is not a true field-sparrow, like the various species 
of Ammodramus.- A summer bird, wintering in the 
South. 
84. JUNCO. SNOWBIRD. Junco hyemalis. — 
Length, 64 inches. Head and neck slate gray ; back 
brown and black; underparts and outer tail-feathers 
white. The Junco breeds to the north, and in winter 
comes to us in flocks, feeding at barn doors and along 
the roadsides. 
85. SONG SPARROW. WMelospiza fasciata. — 
Length, 64 inches. Head and back gray, red-brown, 
and “black 3 two conspicuous black streaks from the 
bill downward on each side; underparts white; sides 
buffish with broad black and red-brown streaks. ‘This 
sparrow is the well-known singer on roadsides and the 
edges of woods. A summer bird, sometimes staying 
all winter. 
86. SWAMP SPARROW. WMelospiza geor- 
giana. — Length, 6 inches. Forehead black; top of 
head, back, wings, and tail red-brown, streaked on the 
back with buff and black; underparts grayish, not 
streaked ; throat and belly light; breast brownish. The 
favorite haunts of this sparrow are wet meadows and 
reed-swamps; he is rarely found elsewhere. A sum- 
mer bird, wintering South. 
LINCOLN’S SPARROW, a Western species, has 
sometimes been seen here during the migrations. It 
has fine streaks on breast and sides. 
