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or sorrel fields. The Seaside and Sharp-tailed, 

 while occurring together, may be told apart by 

 the absence of distinct streaks on the under parts 

 of the Seaside. The Lark Sparrow, the Dickcissel, 

 and Bachman's Sparrows are birds of the interior 

 of the United States ; and the Lark is known by 

 the heavy chestnut markings on the sides of its 

 head (see Fig. 147, p. 237) and the white mark- 

 ings of its tail, while the Dickcissel, the meadow 

 songster, may be known by its black throat and 

 yellow breast (see Fig. 159, p. 253), which sug- 

 gest similar marks in the Meadowlark (see Fig. 

 45, p. 106), after which it is nicknamed. Bach- 

 man's is a bird of the woods or clearings rather 

 than the meadows, and will be recognized by its 

 noted song. The Swamp Sparrow is in the same 

 genus with the Song Sparrow, but may be told 

 from it by its unstreaked breast and different 

 song, together with the fact that in the north it is 

 found almost exclusively in marshes or wet mead- 

 ows. The Fox Sparrow is such a striking north- 

 erner that when seen on its migrations it can 

 never be confused with any other Sparrow. (See 

 Fig. 143, p. 230.) As its name suggests, it is fox- 

 colored, being heavily marked with reddish brown 

 on its breast and having reddish wings and tail. 

 The slate-gray of its head mixed with this fox- 

 color make an unusual combination hard to forget. 

 Of the rest of the family the Che wink (see 

 Fig. 153, p. 252) has the sparrow-like habit of 



