244 LAND BIRDS ; 
the same ; placed on the ground beneath tufts of grass, in salt weeds, 
or low shrubs on the sand drifts. 
Eggs: 3 or 4; bluish gray, spotted and blotched over the entire surface 
with reddish brown. Size 0.75 X 0.59. 
58le. RUSTY SONG SPARROW. — Melospiza melodia 
morphna. 
Famity: The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 
Length : 6.00-7.00. 
Adults: Upper parts rusty brown, almost obscuring the black streaks ; 
chest with heavy dark brown markings ; flanks greenish olive, 
Young: Upper parts dark brown, back streaked with blackish ; under 
parts buffy grayish ; chest and sides light brown, streaked with 
darker brown. 
Geographical Distribution : Pacific coast district, Washington, Oregon, 
and Alaska ; south in winter to Southern California, 
Breeding Range: Pacific coast region, from Northern California north- 
ward through Washington and Oregon. 
Breeding Season: May and June. 
WVest and Eggs: Very similar to those of the desert sparrow. 
583. LINCOLN SPARROW, — Melospiza lincolnii. 
Famity : The Finches, Sparrows, ete. 
Length: 5.25-6.00. 
Adults: Upper parts dark brown and olive, sharply streaked with 
black ; crown sharply streaked with black and divided by a median 
grayish line ; malar stripe, chest, and sides buffy ; sides and chest 
narrowly streaked with black. ; 
Young: Similar to adults, but colors and streaks less sharply defined. 
Geographical Distribution: Whole of North America south of Hudson 
Bay region. 
California Breeding Range: Breeds sparingly along the high Sierra 
Nevada from Mt. Shasta south to near Mt. Whitney. 
Breeding Season : June and July. 
Nest : Of grasses ; placed on the ground. 
Eggs: 33; light greenish white, heavily marked with chestnut and 
lavender gray, chiefly at the larger end. Size 0.79 X 0.58. 
A suy bird, skulking through the tangle of grass and 
bushes in the swampy borders of a marsh, is the Lin- 
