THE BREWER SPARROW. 131 
utmost to produce a bird of non-committal appearance. Mere brown might 
have been conspicuous by default, but brownish, broken up by hazy streakings 
of other brownish or dusky—call it what you will—has given us a bird which, 
so far as plumage is concerned, may be said to have no mark of distinction 
whatever—just bird. 
The Sage Sparrow fits into the gray-green massy scheme of color har- 
Taken in 
Douglas County. 
Photo by 
the Author. 
NEST AND EGGS OF BREWER SPARROW. 
