Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



548. Leconte Sparrow (Ammodramus lecontei], 

 L. 5. No yellow on wing; tail-feathers pointed, outer 

 ones much the shortest. Ads. Broad line over eye, 

 throat, breast and sides rich buff; nape chestnut and 

 gray; back black narrowly margined with chestnut and, 

 at the sides, broadly with buff; sides streaked; breast 

 rarely with a few streaks. Notes. Call, a thin, sharp, 

 tweet, and a long-drawn bi^; song, a tiny, husky, 

 reese, reese. (Seton.) 



Range. Great Plains and more western prairies; breeding from 

 Dakota, Minnesota, etc., to Manitoba, migrating south and east, in 

 winter, through Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, etc., to South Carolina and 

 Gulf States from Florida to Texas." (Ridgw.) 



533. Pine Finch (Spinuspinus). L. 5. Bill sharp- 

 ly pointed; a tuft of bristly feathers over the nostril; 

 tail slightly forked. Ads. Base of tail, of inner wing- 

 feathers and outer edges of primaries yellow; above 

 brownish; below whitish streaked with black. Notes. 

 Call, a metallic note; song, tinkling and musical often 

 sung on the wing as with No. 529, the song of which 

 it resembles. 



Range. North America; breeds from northern boundary states to 

 Alaska; in the Alleghanies south to North Carolina; and in the Rock- 

 ies and Sierra south to Mexico; winters .from the northern states to 

 Gulf states and Lower California. 



541. Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps] . L. 

 6.2. Ads. Above pale brownish gray streaked with 

 brown; below white, breast and sides streaked with 

 brownish; spot above eye and bend of wing often pale 

 sulphur yellow. Notes. Resemble those of No. 5423. 



Range. Breeds on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, winters south along 

 coast, regularly to Virginia, rarely to Georgia. 



549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacu- 

 tus). L. 5.8. Tail-feathers sharply pointed, outer 

 ones shortest. Ads. Below white, breast and sides 

 washed with buff and distinctly streaked with black', 

 nape olive-green; cheeks orange-buff; ear-coverts gray; 

 crown olive-chocolate with a blue-gray central line; 

 back olive, buff, black and gray. Notes. Call, chip-, 

 song, an unmusical, short, '"husky," "gasping" effort, 

 uttered from a perch or on fluttering wings above the 

 reeds. 



Range. Atlantic coast; breeds from South Carolina to New Hamp- 

 shire; winters from North Carolina to Florida. 



549.1. Nelson Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni}. 

 L. 5.5. Tail-feathers pointed, outer ones shortest. 

 Ads. Similar to No. 549, but breast and sides much 

 deeper buff, the former with few or no streaks; upper- 

 parts more richly colored. Notes. Resemble those of 

 No. 549. 



Range. Breeds in interior from northern Illinois to Manitoba and 

 South Dakota; migrates east to New York and winters south to South 

 Carolina and Texas; accidental in California. 



549. 1 a. Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow (A. n. sub- 

 vtrgaffs). Similar to No. 549.1, but breast and sides 

 paler, the former lightly but distinctly streaked with 

 grayish; upperparts less richly colored. 



Range. Atlantic coast; breeds in marshes of eastern Maine, 

 southern New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island; winters south to 

 South Carolina. 



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