560. CHIPPING SPARROW. 5^ in. 



(Spizella passerina.) 

 Streaked; plain ashy breast; two narrow white wing-bars; 

 chestnut-brown cap; w^hitish line over eye; song, a strong clear 

 trill. Field Sparrow. Tree Sparrow. 



563. FIELD SPARROW. 5K in. 



(Spizella pusilla.) 

 Streaked; crown and bill reddish-brown; neck ashy; 

 brownish-white unspotted breast; two indistinct white wing- 

 bars; song, "le-u, fe-u, fu, fee, fee, fee," beginning slowly 

 and ending almost in a trill. Chipping Sparrow. Tree 

 Sparrow. 



567 SLATE-COLORED JUNCO 6^ in. 



(Junco hyemalis.) 



Slate color; blackish bib (female brownish) over a white 

 belly; ivory bill; two white tail feathers; feeds in flocks on 

 gromid, often in company with other birds; " sucks its teeth' ' 

 for a call-note; song, a melodious trill. 



581. SONG SPARROW. 6^ in. 



(Melospiza melodia.) 



Reddish-brown, showing black streaks; ashy line over 

 eye; whitish below with dark brown streaks which form a 

 spot in the middle of the breast; cheery song, varied. Swamp 

 Sparrow. Lincoln Sparrow. 



583. LINCOLN SPARROW. 5,34 in. 



(Melospiza lincolni.) 

 Finely streaked with black and brown; white beneath, 

 with broad buff band across the breast and down the sides; 

 narrow streaks on throat, upper breast and sides; dark stripe 

 on each side of throat from comer of mouth; very shy. 

 Song and Swamp Sparrows. 



584. SWAMP SPARROW. 5K in. 



(Melospiza georgiana.) 

 Very darkly colored and heavily streaked; chestnut cap, 

 sometimes indistinctly streaked; black forehead; plain ashy 

 breast; shy; frequents bushes along the water's edge. Song 

 Sparrow. Lincoln Sparrow. 



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