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487. FETTCJEA Audubon. (TTCVKT), pine.) 



925. P. aestivalis (Lichtenstein). Upper parts largely chestnut, 

 with ashy edgings and dusky streaks ; a broad pale superciliary 

 line ; ashy below, the breast buffy ; yellow on bend and edge of 

 wing, but none on head. L. 6. W. 2. T. 2. Southern, N. to 

 Central Ind., the form ranging N. rather paler, the back chiefly 

 chestnut, is var. bachmani Audubon. (Lat., summer.) 



488. MELOSPIZA Baird. (jieXo?, song ; tnrifa sparrow.) 



926. M. fasciata (Gmelin) . SONG SPARROW. Much streaked 

 above and on breast and sides ; crown with an obscure ashy median 

 stripe ; below white, pectoral streaks often forming a dusky blotch. 

 L. 6^. W. 2. T. 3. N. Am., everywhere ; a hearty songster, 

 beginning early in spring. (Lat., banded.) 



927. M. georgiana (Latham). SWAMP SPARROW. Crown 

 bright dark chestnut, streaked with black ; wings strongly tinged 

 with chestnut ; back sharply streaked ; an ashy collar and super- 

 ciliary line ; breast and below ashy with few streaks or none ; tail 

 shorter than in the Song Sparrow, its quills edged with chestnut. 

 L. 5f . W. 2|. T. 2J. E. U. S., in low thickets ; a timid bird, 

 seldom seen, although not rare. 



928. M. lincolni (Audubon). Everywhere above and below 

 thickly, sharply streaked with black, gray and buffy ; breast with a 

 broad band of pale buffy or yellowish brown ; sides washed with 

 buffy. L. 5J. W. 2. T. 2. N. Am., rare E. ; a shy species 

 quite unlike the Seng Sparrow. (To Robert Lincoln.) 



489. PASSERELLA Swainson. (Lat., passer, sparrow.) 



929. P. iliaca (Merrem). Fox SPARROW. Ashy above, over- 

 laid and much streaked with rusty red, which becomes bright bay 

 on rump, tail and wings ; white below with large arrow-shaped 

 spots and streaks, numerous on breast ; feet stout, with long claws. 

 L. 7. W. 3. T. 3. E. N. Am., migrating early; one of the 

 handsomest streaked sparrows and a good singer. (Lat., ilium, 

 flank, which is streaked.) 



490. PIPILO Vieillot. (Lat., I peep or chirp.) 



930. P. erythrophthalmus (L.). CHEWINK. MARSH ROBIN. 

 TOWHEE. Black, belly white ; sides chestnut ; outer tail feathers, 

 primaries and inner secondaries with white ; 9 ^th clear brown 

 instead^ of black; iris red. L. 8J. W. 8J. T. 4. E. U. S., 

 abundant everywhere. (Gr., red-eyed.) 



491. CARDINALIS Bonaparte. 



931. C. cardinal!* (L.). CARDINAL GROSBEAK. RED BIRD. 

 Clear red, ashy on back ; chin and forehead black ; crest con- 



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