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SPABKOW8 AND FINCHES. 



on the "erf" ; alarm chirp, soft. Occurs in scattering flocks 

 in migration, often with other sparrows ; is especially fond of 

 bushes which border water. 



Fig. 278. 2. LINCOLN'S SPARROW, M. 



LiNCOLNii. 5.50; more slender than 1; 

 bill, smaller, paler red above, buff band 

 across breast ; streakings, finer, fig. 279. 

 Breeds throughout N. A. chiefly north 

 of the U. S. ; winters in Panama; goes 

 south in Oct. ; north in May. Not very 

 common in N. E. Song, low, prolonged, 

 varied and pleasing. Frequents thick- 

 ets, often near water. 



3. SWAMP SPARROW, M. geor- 

 GiANA. 5.70 ; bill more slender than 1 ; 

 top of head wholly reddish-brown ; back 

 and wings with a much richer under 

 tinting of reddish-brown and with dark- 

 er streakings; beneath, grayish across 

 breast with the streakings faintly indi- 

 cated, fig. 280. In winter and young, 

 CC, F, d, 1. 1-3. with top of head more or less streaked 

 and streakings below more distinct. Breeds in eastern N. A. 

 Fig. 279. Fig. 280. 



CC, F, d, 2. 



CC, F, d, 3. 1-3. 



