402 SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



456. VESPER SPARROW. 



Size of last, gray above, white below, 

 streaked on back, crown (where there is no 

 dividing line) upper breast and front part 

 of sides with black, sides of head with two 

 dark lines; outer tail feathers, white, fig. 

 318. Breeds in eastern U. S. from Middle 



Fig. 819 



Lark Sparrow. 1-4. 



States north to southern Canada; winters 

 from N. C., rarely from Mass, to Fla.; south 

 in Oct., north in April. Frequents open 

 fields and pastures where there is scanty 

 herbage; nests in such places on ground, eggs, 

 4-5, gray blotched and lined with darker. 

 Runs much on ground; unsuspicious. Song, 

 given at an elevation, two short notes fol- 



