SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



377 



422. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 



5.65; crown, streaked; ear coverts, 

 brown in contrast with buff of sides of head; 

 buff-brown above, streaked with black; dull 



Fi<r. 302 



White-throated Sparrow. 1-3. 



white beneath; bill, pale brown. Breeds 

 on Great Plains from north-western 111. 

 west to Rockies; south in winter to Mex.; 

 rare during migration in western Md. and 

 Mich. 



