222 SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



notes followed by a fine clear warble, ending with three de- 

 tached notes. Flight, like ]^ 1. 



m. Prairie Sparrows. Cliondestes. 



Medium-sized, ground-inhabiting, sparrows with long 

 pointed wings, and rather long well rounded tails; no streaks 

 beneath. 



1. LARK SPARROW, C. GRAMMACUS. 6.50 ; grayish-brown 

 Fig. 292. above heavily streaked with 



black ; crown, chestnut and 

 black with a median line of 

 gray ; dull white beneath ; 

 black spot on breast; black 

 markings on sides of head as 

 in fig. 292 ; tip of tail, broad- 

 ly white. Breeds in north- 

 ern Mississippi Valley, mi- 

 CC, F, m, 1. 1-4. grating southward in winter 



to Gulf coast; eastward rarely to Atlantic states north to 

 Mass. Frequents open fields and cultivated lands, often in the 

 vicinity of houses. Song, rich and clear, consisting of a series 

 of liquid notes freely interspersed with trills. 



n. Black and White Sparrows. Calamospiza. 



Rather large sparrows with large bills, long wings, rath- 

 er long, square tails, and large feet ; black with white mark- 

 ings ; ground-inhabiting. 



1. LARK BUNTING, C. MELANOCORYS. 6.00; black; large 



white patch on wing and some 

 white on tip of tail, fig. 293, 

 upper figure male, lower fe- 

 male ; female, winter male and 

 young, brownish buff above 

 streaked with dusky ; white 

 beneath, streaked with black; 

 wings and tail as in male. 

 Great Plains from Kansas north 

 to Manitoba ; winters south to 



Fig. 293.- 



CO, F, n, 1. 



