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3. 5. socia//$, (Wils.) Bon. CHIPPY. HAIR BIRD. 

 Streaked above, with much dull bay; crown chestnut; 

 bill, forehead and streak through eye black; ashy below; 

 L. 5i; W. 2f ; T. 2. N. Am., every where. [#. 

 domestica,) (Bart.) Coues.] 



4. S. pa///da, (Sw.) Bon. CLAY -COLORED SPARROW. 

 Still smaller; pale brownish yellow, streaked with black; 

 crown grayish, with median stripe. S. Ills, and W. 



15. MELOSPIZA, Baird. SONG SPARROWS. 



1. M. melodia, (Wils.) Baird. SONG SPARROW. Much 

 streaked above, and on breast and sides; crown with an 

 obscure pale median stripe ; below white, pectoral streaks 

 often forming a blotch; L. 6; W. 2; T. 3. U. S., 

 every where; a well-known songster. [M. fasciata^ 

 (Gmel.) Scott.] 



2. M. palustris, (Wils.) Baird. SWAMP SPARROW. 

 Crown chestnut; wings strongly tinged with chestnut; 

 breast and below with few streaks or none; tail shorter 

 than in the Song Sparrow; L. 5f ; W. 2; T. 2J-. E. U. 

 S., in low thickets. 



3. M. lincolni, (Aud.) Baird. LINCOLN S FINCH. 

 Every where thickly, narrowly and sharply streaked; 

 breast with a broad band of pale buffy or yellowish 

 brown; sides washed with the same; L. 5^-; W. 2^; T. 

 2%. N. Am., rare eastward; a shy species quite unlike 

 the others. 



16. PEUCSEA, Audubon. SUMMER SPARROWS. 



1. P. CBstivalis, (Licht.) Cab. BACHMAN S FINCH. 

 Much streaked above, ashy below; yellow on bend of 

 wing but none on head; L. 6; W. 2; T. 2%. Southern, 

 N. to Illinois. 



