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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. sociaKs, 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. 



