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273. 



373. 



374. 



ashy parts of domestica replaced by palo brownish. Back bright bay, with blaclt strcal^s and 

 some palo flaxeu edgings ; iinier secondaries similarly variegated ; tijis of median and greater 

 coverts forniiug whitish cross-bars. Size of domeslka, but m(jro nearly the colors of moniicola. 

 Length 5.25-5.75; extent 7-75-8.40; wing 2. 30-2. 50 ; tail ([uitc as much, or more, 'thus not 

 shorter tlian wing, as it is in tlio last. Soxes alike ; young for a short time streaked below, as 

 usual in Spizella. Eastern U. S., strictly ; hardly N. throughout New England, W. only to the 

 edge of the Plains ; migratory; breeds usually froui Virginia northward, and winters from tlie 

 same southward; very abundant in fields, copses, and liedges, in fiocks when not breeding. 

 Nest indifferently in low bushes or ou ground ; eggs whitish, fully speckled with rusty-brown, 

 O.fiS X 0.50. 



S. pal'lida. (Jjixt. pallida, piih.) Clay-coloreu SpARKOW. Crown and back clay-colored 

 or flaxen, distiu(!fly streaked witli black, without evident bay, the dorsal streaks noticeably 

 separated fr(]ui those of the crown, by an ashler, less streaked, cervical interval; rump brown- 

 isli-gray. Crown divided by a pale median stripe ; a distinct whitish superciliary liue ; loral 

 and auricular regions decidedly brown, with a dark postocular stripe over tlie auriculars, and 

 auotlicr from the angle of the mouth, b(junding the brown area inferiorly ; below this a dusky 

 maxillary streak ; wing-coverts and inner secondaries variegated like tire back, being black with 

 broad flaxen-brown edging and whitish tipping. Behjw, white, soiled with clay-color. Bill 

 dusky a1)ove, pale below ; feet pale. Small: Length .5.00-5.25, rarely 5.50 ; e.xtent 7.40-7.75, 

 rarely 8.00 ; wing and tail, each, about 2.50. Young birds lightly streaked below. Central 

 region of the D. S. into British America, Saskatchewan and Red River regions; S. to Texas; 

 E. to Iowa and Illinois. Abundant ; nest in bushes close to ground ; eggs 3-4, pale green 

 sparsidy speckled with ricli brown ; 0.62 X 0.50. 



S. brew'eri. (To Dr. T. M. Brewer, of Boston.) Brewer's Sparrow. Similar; paler and 

 duller, all the markings indistinct; streaks of crown and back small, nnmercjus, not sejiarated 

 by a cervical interval ; no definite markings on sides of head. Upper parts grayish-brown, 

 with marked doi'sal art'a of brighter brown, and continuously streaked from head to tail. Size 

 of the last, but tail relatively longer, exceeding the wings — abiait 2. GO long, thus equalling, if 

 it does not scnnewhat exceed, that of domestica, although the latter is a larger bird. South- 

 western IJ. S., especially New Mexico and Arizona; said to have occurred in Massachusetts; 

 haliits those oi pallida; nest and eggs indistinguishable. 



S. atrigulii'rls. (Lat. atngidaris, black-throated; ater, lilack ; gnla, throat.) Black- 

 ClllNiNEii Sp.vhrow. (?, adult: Dark ash, fading insensibly into whitish on the belly, 

 deepening to bhick on the face and throat; interscapulars bright bay, streaked with black; 

 M'ing-coverts and inner secondaries variegated M'ith the same colors ; tail blackish, witli p.-ile edg- 

 ings ; bill coral red as iu S. agrestis; feet dark brown. A small-bodied species, but full (i.OO 



long, on account of the great 



length of the tail (2.75-3.00), 



which much exceeds the wings 



(2.25-3.50; e.xtent 7.75). The 



young lack black on the face, 



have the cr(jwn waslied \iith 



ashy-bri.i\i-u, the middle of the 



back duller chestnut, and the 



bill dusky above ; but may be 



knovifn by the length of the tail. 



Mexico, Lower California, Ari- 

 zona. 

 (Gr. ^avrj, zone, a girdle, band; rpixias, trichias, name of a bird. Figs. 

 239, 340.) Crown Sparrows. Embracing our largest and handsomest sparnnvs, 0.5o\i 



Fig. 239. — Crown Sparrow (white- 

 throated), nat. size (.-Id nat. del. 

 E. C.) 



84. ZONOTRICH'IA. 



Fig. 2-tO,— Crown Sparrow, 

 (white-crowned), nat. size. (Ad. 

 nat. del. E. C.) 



