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white ; breast, unspotted but faintly streaked, as are the 

 brown-shaded sides. 



Nest, in tussock of grass, or low in a bush, in swamps ; eggs, mid- 

 dle of May, 4-5, white, variously tinged and spotted ; found chiefly in 

 secluded wet lands ; has great variety of simple songs ; winters in 

 Pa. and N. J. 



68a. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. 



Olive-brown, streaked Brownish-white, streaked. 



5>^. Superciliary line, rich buff; see 7, 



69. CHIPPING SPARROW: HAIR-BIRD. 



Reddish-brown , black-streaked Ashy. 



5^. Bill and forehead, black ; crown, chestnut ; super- 

 ciliary line, light; blackish eye-stripe; rump, ashy; 2 

 white wing-bars ; tail, emarginate ; no markings on ashy 

 throat and breast. 



Nest, of fine vegetable material, lined with horse-hair, in low tree, 

 bush, or vine, seldom on ground ; eggs, about June ist, 4-5, light 

 bluish-green, dark-spotted. 



TO. FIELD SPARROW. 



Light brown, black-streaked Brownish-white. 



5^. Bill^ dull reddish ; crown, rufous red ; sides of head 

 and neck, itidcfinitely marked with brown j 2 obscure whit- 

 ish wing-bars. 



Not plentiful northward beyond Mass. ; more southerly than chip- 

 ping sparrow ; nest, on ground or in low bush, in open land ; eggs, 

 late in Alay, 4-5, grayish-white, thickly spattered with light reddish- 

 brown ; pleasing but unpretentious singer ; winters in Pa. and S. 

 N.J. 



