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SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



]ow; our common eastern species have red crowns; bill, 

 Fig. 273. rather small ; tail, slightly forked. 



Nests in trees and bushes. Nestlings, 

 streaked below. Young, streaked on 

 crown. Food, chiefly seeds. 



1. CHIPPING SPARROW, S. 

 sociALis. 5.50; head in strong con- 

 trast with gray of neck above ; dis- 

 tinct dark line through eye ; gray be- 

 low ; wing bands, not conspicuous, 

 fig. 273. Breeds throughout eastern 

 N. A. from Canada south to the Gulf 

 Coast, west to the Plains ; winters in 

 southern U. S. ; goes south in Oct., 

 comes north in April. Frequents open 



CC, F, b, 1. 1-3. sections, often near settlements. 



Song, a thin, quickly given, wiry Fig. 274. 



trill : a low, rather sharp chirp of 



annoyance. Nest, of fine rootlets, 



lined with horse hair, eggs, blu- 

 ish, spotted and lined with black. 



Abundant. 



2. TREE SPARROW, S. mon- 



TICOLA. 6.50; head not in very 



strong contrast with neck ; wing 



bands conspicuous ; sides of head, 



plain grayish; under mandible, 



yellow; dark spot on middle of 



breast; chestnut patch on its 



sides, fig. 274. Breeds in eastern 



N. A. from Labrador northward ; 



winters from N. E. to S. C. South 



in late Oct. ; north in late April. 



margins of woodlands and thickets, venturing into weed 



patches in winter. Song, a clear chant, beginning with two 



CC, F, b, 2. 1-4. 

 Common. Frequents the 



