190 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



ish shade. Adult female in summer : Similar to 

 winter male, but black markings more restricted 

 and broken ; in winter, similar to summer plumage, 

 but browner, and markings indistinct. Young : 

 Above, tawny-buffy, streaked with black ; below, 

 pale-buffy, streaked with blackish. 



174. Vesper Sparrow. 



Length about 6 inches, tail about 2J inches long. 

 Adults: Above, brownish, streaked with dusky, 

 outer tail-feathers partly white, lesser wing-coverts 

 rusty ; below, whitish, streaked on sides of throat 

 and across chest with dark-brown. Young : Simi- 

 lar to adults, but markings less denned. 



175. Savanna Sparrow. 



Length about 5 inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Above, brownish, streaked with blackish, super- 

 ciliary stripe yellow; below, whitish, streaked with 

 blackish. 



176 White-crowned Sparrow. 



Length about 7 inches, tail about 3 inches long. 

 Top of head brownish-black, divided by a median 

 stripe of white ; back ashy, streaked with brown- 

 ish ; below, throat whitish, chest ashy, sides and 

 flanks grayish-brown. Immature : With markings 

 more brownish, and huffy. 



