PASSERES-FRINGILLID.-E-EMBERIZA. 
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THE CHIP-BIRD. 
Emberiza socialis. 
PLATE LXX. FIG. 160. 
Passer domesdcus Bartram, Travels, p 291. 
Fringilla socialis. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 127, pi. 16, fig. 5. 
Passerina id. Vieillot, Diet. Sc. 
F. (Spiza) id. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 109. 
Chipping Sparrow. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. -197. Audubon, folio, pi. 101. 
Emberiza socialis. Rich. & Swainson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p.251. Kirtland, Ohio Rep. p. 161. Peabody, 
Mass. Rep. p. 325. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 3, p. 80, pi. 165. 
E. id., Chipping Bunting. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 106. 
Characteristics. Bill short, entirely black. Frontlet black. Crown chesnut, undivided. 
Chin and line over the eye white. Length, inches. 
Description. Bill short, thick, conical. The first four primaries nearly equal; the third 
and fourth slightly longest. Tail emarginate, O'3 longer than the tips of the closed wings. 
Color. Beneath the eye, hind part of the neck and underneath, ash-grey. Rump ash- 
colored. Beneath the white stripe over the eye, is a narrow black stripe, passing through 
the eye, and continued more or less interrupted behind the chesnut crown. Interscapular 
region brown, streaked with black. Primaries dusky, edged with chesnut. Tail dusky, 
edged with pale chesnut. Female, smaller; crown streaked with black. In winter, the 
frontlet black. 
Length, 5'0-5'5. Alar extent, 7‘5 —8*0. 
The familiar Chipping-bird is known to all. During the winter months, it migrates to the 
Southern States, and appears with us in the earliest spring. It breeds in this State, placing 
its nest on some low bush, and laying from four to five bright greenish blue eggs, spotted 
with brovvn chiefly at the larger end. It feeds on the smaller insects and seeds. Its hitherto 
observed range extends from the northern boundary of New-York to Texas. 
