148 SPIZELLA SOCIALIS S. PUSILLA S, PALLIDA. 



larger. The egg is, in fact, much like that of the Song Sparrow, being 

 pale bluish, speckled and blotched with different shades of reddish- 

 brown. It measures about three-fourths of an inch long by three-fifths 

 in breadth. The immense series in the Smithsonian, from the Anderson 

 River and Yukon region, show the same wide range of variation that 

 the Song Sparrow's egg displays, being thus different from the eggs of 

 other Spizellce. The nidificatiou varies, the nest being placed indiffer- 

 ently on trees, bushes, or the ground. 



1 '^ SPIZELLA SOCIALIS, (Wils.) Bp.^-^ 

 Chipping Sparrow. 



a. socialis. 



Fringilla aocialis, WiLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 127, pi. 16, f. 5.— Bp., Svn. 1828, 109.— NUTT., 

 Man. i, 1832, 497.— AuD., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 21,; v, 1839, 517 ; pi 104. 



Emhfriza nociaUs, AuD., Syn. 1839, 105 ; B. A. iii, 1841, 80, pi. 165.— GiR., B. L. 1. 1844, 106. 



Spinites socialis, Cab., Mns. Hein. i, 1S51, 133. 



Sphrlla socialis, Bp., List, 1S38, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 480.— Bd., B. N. A. 18.58, 473.— Codes, 

 Key, 1872, 142, fig. 86— B. B. & E., N. A. B, ii, 1874, 7, pi. 27, f. 1 ; and of late 

 authors generally. 



Zonotrichia (Spizella) socialis, Gkat, Hand-list, No. 7397. 



b. arizonw. 



« 

 Sjnzella socialis var. arizonw, CouES, Key, 1872, 143 (Arizona). — B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 

 1874, 11. 



Hal). — Temperate North America, from Atlantic to Pacific, especially United States. If^' — 

 Breeds chiefly in Middle and Northern States. Winters in the Southern States and ci y -r 

 south into Mexico. Cuba. Extremely ahundant. (Among extralimital quotations y , .-# 

 ar- : Oaxaca, Scl., P. Z. S. 1858, 304 ; Xalapa, xbxd. 1859, 365 ; Cordova, iUd.. 1856, 305 ; "l ^^ . j 

 Cuba, Lain-., Ann. Lye. vii, 1860, 269 ; Vera Cruz, Sumicli., Mem. Best. 1869, 552.) -f ■^ "; "^ 



Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. — 4805, Bald Island; 5411, Fort Lookout. '{j'^'-'. 



Later JE'ccpefKHoMS.- 60671-72, Green Eiver and Little Sandy; 61779, 62311-14, Idahoy, ;, , 

 anl Wyoming. fl7-2 '/- ■ - 



In ot obtained by Captain Eaynolds' Expedition. f^ff ' '^' -^ ~ 



},y 



SPIZELLA PUSILLA, (Wils.) Bp. i i^i,!. 



Field Sparrow. 



(?) Little Brown Sparrow, Catesby, Car. i, 35 {Moiacilla juncorum, Gm., i, 952 ; Sylvia 



juvcorum, Lath., ii, 511. 

 Fri;uiilla juncorum, NuTT., Man. i, 1832, 499 ; 2d ed. i, 1840, 577. 

 Friuqilla pusilla, Was., ii, 1810, 121, pi. 16, f. 2.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 110.— AuD., Orn. Biog. 



ii, 1834, 229, pi. 139. 

 Emhn-iza pusilla, AcD., Syn. 1839. 104 ; B. Am. iii, 1841, 77, pi. 164.— GlE., B. L. 1. 1844, 105. 

 Spnites pusillus, Cab., Mus. Hein. i, 1851, 133. 

 Uliizella pusilla, Bp., List, 18:!8, 33 ; Consp. i, 1850, 480.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 473.— 



COUBS, Key, 1872, 143.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. ii, 1874, 5, pi. 27, f. 2; and of late 



authors generally. 

 Zonotrichia (Spizella) pusilla, Gi:ay, Hand-list, No. 7396. , , - f 



Sab. — Eastern United States; breeding from Virginia northward; wintering from ? '^-> , 

 the same point southward. C-^i' O' 



Lieutenant Warren's E-rpedition. — 4800-01, Big Sioux Eiver ; 4802, Port Leavenworth, :i r- . i? 

 Kaus. ; 5412-13, Knife Eiver. yl/"7- l^ i? c 



Not obtained by Captain Eaynolds' Expedition. ' ' / ^ / 



SPIZELLA PALLIDA, (Sw.) Bp. ^^^'J- ' ''t 



Clay-colored Sparrow. ^k^ o" / "- 



Emhtrlza pallida, Sw. & Eich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 251. 



,Siii:(Ua pallida, Bp., List, 1838, 33 (not of the Conspectus).- Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 474,— 

 Scl., p. Z. S. 18.59, 365, 379.— Scl., Cat. 1862, 114.— Hayd., Eep. 1862, 167.— 



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