Sringillid^— xxxiU. 8T 



3. S. socialis, (Wils.) Bon. Chippy. Hair Bird. 

 Streaked above, with much dull bay; crown chestnut; 

 bill, forehead and streak through eye black; ashy below; 

 L. 5i; W. 2S; T. 2^. N. Am., every where. \S. 

 domestica, (Bart.) Coues.] 



4. S. pallida, (Sw.) Bon. Clay-Coloeed Sparrow. 

 Still smaller; pale brownish yellow, streaked with black; 

 crown grayish, with median stripe. S. Ills, and W. 



15. MELOSPIZA, Baird. Soitg Sparrows. 



1. im. melodia, (Wils.) Baird. Song Sparrow. Much 

 streaked above, and on breast and sides; crown with an 

 obscure pale median stripe ; below white, pectoral streaks 

 often forming a blotch; L. 6^; W. 2i; T. 3. U. S., 

 every where; a well-known songster. [M. fasciata, 

 (Gmel.) Scott.] 



3. M. palusfris, (Wils.) Baird. Swamp Sparrow. 

 Crown chestnut; wings strongly tinged with chestnut; 

 breast and below with few streaks or none; tail shorter 

 than in the Song Sparrow; L. 5|; W. 2i; T. 2^. B. U. 

 S., in low thickets. 



3. M. linoolni, (Aud.) Baird. Lincoln's Finch. 

 Every where thickly, narrowly and sharply streaked; 

 breast with a broad band of pale buffy or yellowish 

 brown; sides washed with the same; L. 5^; W. 2|; T. 

 2|. N. Am., rare eastward; a shy species quite unlike 

 the others. 



16. PEUCJEA, Audubon. Summer Sparrows. 

 1. P. cBstivalis, (Licht.) Cab. Bachman's Finch. 

 Much streaked above, ashy below; yellow on bend of 

 wing but none on head; L. 6; W. 2^; T. 2^. Southern, 

 N. to Illinois. 



