92 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



white ; sides of the neck and the breast dull purplish-grey ; the flanks 

 and under tail-coverts pale brownish-grey. 



Length 7^ inches; extent of wings 10 h ; bill along the ridge y, 

 along the edge ^j^ ; tarsus ^ §. 



Adult Female. Plate CXIV. Fig. 2. 



In its summer dress, the female resembles the male at that season ; 

 but in winter the white lines on the head are less pure, the dark lines are 

 reddish-brown, but the tints of the other parts are nearly similar, these 

 circumstances being the same in the male. 



Length 7i inches. 



The Summer Grap;e. 



ViTis ^STiVALis, var. Sinuata, Purs/i, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 169. 



This variety has large cordate leaves, which are less deeply lobed, 

 and with large marginal teeth. It occurs in all the barren lands of the 

 Western Country, particularly in those of Kentucky, Tenessee,and Illinois. 

 Although it seldom attains much strength of stem, it spreads broadly on 

 the bushes, and forms beautiful festoons. The grapes are juicy and 

 agreeable to the taste. They are fully ripe by the middle of August, 

 and remain hanging until destroyed by the frost. When wild pigeons 

 happen to be abundant where it ^rows, they speedily devour the fruit. 



