238 Bird Studies. 



These birds are found throughout Eastern North America as far north as 

 Southern Canada, and south to the Gulf States. They extend westward to the 

 Plains. They breed from South Carolina and Southern Kansas northward, and 

 winter from Illinois and Virginia southward. There are numerous records of 

 the Field Sparrow in midwinter in Southern New York and New Jersey. 



This is the prototype of our Field Sparrow, taking the place of that 



_. ,. bird on the Plains from Texas to Montana. It is an 

 \A/estern r'lcld 



Soarrow essentially similar bird, but paler reddish and grays char- 



spiKiiapusiiiaarenacea acterize it, and it is a rather larger bird. 



It has been recorded from near New Orleans. 



This bird is found in the central regions of the United States, ranging 



from Illinois and Iowa west to the Rocky Mountains. It breeds from Illinois 



Clav colored ^"^ Nebraska northward, and winters in Southern Texas 



Sparrow. ^"*^ Mexico. It has been recorded from North Carolina. 

 spizeiia pallida (Swains.). jf averagcs rathcr smaller in size than the Chipping 



Sparrow, or about five inches and one third in length. It has a general re- 

 semblance to an immature Chipping Sparrow. The upper parts are pale 

 brownish ash, the feathers of the back and head being closely streaked 

 with dusky brown or blackish. The crown is divided by an ashy median 

 line, and there are lines above the eyes of the same color. Below the pre- 

 vailing color is grayish white, washed with faint brownish on the breast and 

 sides, lightest on the belly. 



The nest and eggs resemble those of the Chipping Sparrow. 



This Sparrow is about five inches and a half long, being a little smaller 

 than the Field Sparrow. It is light grayish brown above, rather indistinctly 

 striped or streaked with dusky. The lower parts are 

 Brewer's Sparrow, orrayish white lio-htest on the belly. 



Spizella breweri Cass. . .^ iT^in/r 



It is a western bird found from the Rocky Mountam 

 region westward. Northward it ranges to Montana and British Columbia, 

 and southward it is found to Cape St. Lucas and in Mexico. It breeds 

 throughout its range in the United States, and has been once recorded from 

 the State of Massachusetts. 



