SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 385 



\songs. Nests, on ground; eggs, pale blue 

 heavily spotted with red-brown. 



432. RED-EYED TOWHEE. 



Larger, 8, tail, long, wings short; above, 

 lower neck and upper breast, black; sides, 

 red-brown; tips of outer tail feathers, middle 



Fig. 307 



Fox Sparrow. 1-3. 



parts beneath, and few makings on wing, 

 white; iris, red, fig. 308. Breeds from 

 southern British Provinces south to Gulf 

 coast, winters from Middle States to Fla.; 

 south in Oct., north in May. Frequents low 

 growths; feeds on ground, scratching among 



