DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 2O9 



or three loud notes, falls to other lower notes and ends with 

 a low, sweet warble; in autumn Fig. 275. 



and winter gives a low murmur- 

 ing, warbling song. Nests in 

 trees; eggs, pale-blue, spotted 

 with reddish. 



3. FIELD SPARROW, S. PU- 

 SILLA. 5.90; top of head uniform 

 with back ; sides of head beneath, 

 yellowish-gray; bill, red; tail, 

 long, fig. 275. Breeds in eastern 

 N. A. from Ga. north to the south- 

 ern British Provinces ; winters in 

 southern U. S. ; south in Oct. ; 

 north in April. Common on 

 brushy or cedar-covered hillsides. 



Song, begins with two or three CC, F, b, 3. 1-3. 



single notes then continues with a constantly diminishing 

 trill which ascends, is a monotone, or descends ; very sweetly 

 given and appeals to all who love bird music. Chirp of alarm, 

 rather sharp. Nests, often in low bushes, sometimes on the 

 ground, of weeds, grass, etc. ; eggs, pale blue spotted with 

 reddish, 



3*, WESTERN FIELD SPARROW, S. p. ARENACEA. 

 Differs from 3 in having wings and tail longer ; grayer above ; 

 crown with median line; paler below. Western portion of 

 Great Plains ; south in winter to Texas, casually to eastern La. 



4. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, S. PALLADA. 5.65; 

 crown, streaked ; ear coverts brown in contrast with buff of 

 sides of head; buffy brown above streaked with dark-brown, 

 dull white deneath ; bill, pale brown. Breeds on the Great 

 Plains from north-western 111. west to the Rockies ; in winter 

 south into Mexico, rare during migration in western Ind. 

 and Mich. 



