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3. S. social is, (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. 2|; T. 2. N. Am., every where. [S. 

 domestica, (Bart.) Coues.] 



4. S. pallida, (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. fas data, (Gmel.) Scott. 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. 

 melodia.~\ 



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. of; W. 2; T. 2. 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. (Bstivalis, (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. 



