THE CHIPPING SPARROW. 71 
No. 35. 
CHIPPING SPARROW. 
A. O. U. No. 560. Spizella socialis (\Wils.). 
Synonyms.—Cutppy ; HAtrk-BiRD. 
Description.—dAdults: Forehead black divided by short gray line; crown 
chestnut flecked with black behind; a gray line over eye, and a black line through 
it; entire under parts ashy-gray, unmarked; back separated from head by gray 
of nape, strongly streaked by black, pale rufous, and ochraceous; wings and tail 
fuscous, edged with whitish; bill black; feet pale. /mmature birds have bill 
yellow below; the chestnut of crown mixed with black; and a buffy suffusion 
of breast and sides in varying proportions. Very young birds are streaked be- 
low. Length 5.00-5.50 (127.-139.7); wing 2.75 (69.9); tail 2.37 (60.2); bill 
.30 (9.1). 
Photo by J. B. Parker. 
WHO GETS THE WORM?—A CHIPPING SPARROW FAMILY. 
Recognition Marks.—Warbler size; blackish forehead and chestnut crown; 
song a monotonous trill. 
Nest, a compact structure of fine twigs, grasses, and (most commonly and 
often exclusively) rootlets, heavily lined with horse-hair; placed anywhere in 
bushes or small trees, but preferably on horizontal branches of apple-trees or 
evergreens. Eggs, 4 or 5, greenish blue, speckled freely or narrowly about the 
larger end with reddish brown or black. Av. size, .71 x .51 (18. x 13.). 
