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and edged with pale fulvous ; the hood, and a line from 

 behind the eye, chestnut. The under parts are whitish, 

 with a blotch of brownish on the breast. 



The Field Sparrow, 5. pusilla, Bonap., of North Amer- 

 ica east of the Missouri, is five and three quarters inches 

 long, the wing two and one third inches ; the bill red, the 

 crown continuous rufous-red, the back similar, streaked 

 with blackish ; the under parts white, tinged before with 

 yellowish. This sparrow builds upon the ground at the 

 foot of a small bush, or on branches close to the ground ; 

 eggs four to six, light ferruginous. 



The Chipping Sparrow, 5. socialis, Bonap., of North 

 America, is five and three quarters inches long, the wing 

 nearly three inches ; the bill black, crown continuous 

 chestnut, the forehead black, separated in the middle by 

 white, superciliary stripe white, a black stripe through the 

 eye ; the rump, sides of the head and neck, and back of 

 the latter, ashy ; and the interscapular space with black 

 streaks margined with pale rufous. The under parts 

 whitish, and two narrow white bands across the wing- 

 coverts. This is one of the most common birds: Its 

 song is six or seven notes, uttered with rapidity. Its 

 nest is slender, formed of grasses, and lined with hair, 

 and placed upon an apple-tree or some low bush, but 

 never on the ground. The eggs are four or five, greenish 

 blue marked with dark brown spots. 



The Clay-colored Bunting, 5. pallida, Bonap., of the 

 Upper Missouri, is four and three quarters inches long, 

 the wing over two and a half inches ; brownish yellow 

 above, the feathers of the crown and back conspicuously 

 streaked with blackish ; under parts whitish. 



Brewer's Sparrow, 5. Breweri, Cass., of the Rocky 

 Mountains to the Pacific coast, is five inches long, the 

 wing two and a half inches, and closely resembles the 

 preceding. 



