56 Lirds of Canada. 
There is a widespread impression that the Snow 
Bird of winter is the Chipping Sparrow of the 
Summer. Iam satisfied it is a mistake. The 
Chipping Sparrow differs in plumage and size 
from the Snow Bird. 
Spisella monticola.—TVhe Tree Sparrow. 
The Tree Sparrow is six and a-quarter inches 
long; the feathers of the back, dark-brown 
centrally, then rufous, edged with white. The 
head, chestnut ; the under parts are white, with 
a blotch of brown on the chest. This bird 
breeds in the northern forests. 
S. pusilla—TVhe Field Sparrow. 
The Field Sparrow arrives here about the 
twentieth of April. Inhabits the pastures and 
low woods. General color, rufous red, the under 
parts, white, tinged before with yellow. Nests, 
upon the ground; eggs, four in number, of a 
erayish-white, with blotches of lavender. The 
Field Sparrows collect in flocks about the first of 
September, and leave for the south. 
S. sociallis—TVhe Chipping Sparrow. 
This. is one of our most common sparrows. 
It arrives here the last of March, and leaves for 
the south in October. It is five and a-half 
