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eral_ color lighter gray and more streaked with 

 dusky. East of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and 

 on the Mojave Desert. 



130. Rufous-crowned Sparrow; Aimophila rufi- 

 ceps (Cass.). 



Very similar in general appearance to a chipping 

 sparrow, but larger. Length six inches or 

 more (size of a song sparrow). It differs from 

 the chipping sparrow in the following points : 

 the under parts are buffy instead of ashy, the 

 throat is bordered with dusky streaks, the streak - 

 ings of the back are broader and more rusty in 

 color, and the line over the eye is obscure gray 

 instead of pure white. Crown rufous, some- 

 times more or less mottled with dusky; back 

 grayish brown, streaked with rusty brown; 

 under parts pale buffy; throat paler, bordered 

 with blackish streaks. Note a peevish chee chee 

 chee chee. It inhabits the chaparral of open hill- 

 sides rather than the woods and gardens, which 

 are frequented by the chipping sparrow. Ap- 

 parently never very abundant, although gener- 

 ally distributed in the coast and interior valleys. 

 A resident species in the Berkeley Hills. 



131. Song Sparrow; Melospixa fasciata (Gmel.). 



This is a familiar and favorite bird throughout tem- 

 perate America. It is modified by climatic in- 

 fluences into a number of varieties, three of 

 which occur in California. The song sparrow 

 is about six inches long. It is streaked above 

 and below. The upper parts are brown, gray 

 and olive, varying in tone in the different races. 

 There is a lighter grayish line down the center 



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