SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



420. FIELD SPARROW. 



Smaller, 5.90; tail longer than in chip- 

 pie, crown uniform in color with back, sides 

 and beneath yellow-gray, bill red. fig. 301. 

 Breeds in eastern N. A., north to southern 

 British Provinces; winters in southern U. S., 

 south in Oct., north in April. Frequents 

 brushy on cedar -covered hill sides; song 

 begins with two or three single notes, than 

 continues with a constantly decreasing trill, 

 which ascends, is a monotone, or descends; 

 very sweetly given and appeals to all who 

 love bird music. Nests usually in low 

 bushes, sometimes on ground, of grass, etc.; 

 eggs, pale blue, reddish spotted. 



421. WESTERN FIELD SPARROW. 



Differs from last in having wings and 

 tail longer, grayer above, crown with median 

 line; paler below. Western portions of Great 

 Plains; south in winter to Tex., casually to 

 eastern La. 



