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Length, 6 ; wing, 3,J- (3}-3J); tail, 2\ ; tarsus, f ; culmen, \. Interior 

 North America ; breeding from northern Kansas north to the Sasliatche- 

 wan, and wintering soutli to Texas and northern Mexico. 



17. Vesper Sparrow (HiO. Pooccetes graniineus). A ground- 

 living, streaky sparrow, with, tlie bend of the wing chestnut and 

 the outer tail feathers 

 white. The back is 

 mainly brownish-gray, 

 and the under parts 

 white, streaked with 

 black and buffy. This, 

 though mainly a field 

 sparrow, will occasion- 

 ally perch on fences 

 and trees. It is one of 

 the sweetest singers of ^^^P^' ^P"""^ 



the morning and evening, the evening song giving it the name 

 of vesper sparrow. Its notes are much like those of the song 

 sparrow, but more plaintive. (Grass Finch; Bay-winged 

 Bunting.) 



Length, 6^; wing, 3|- (2|-3|) ; tail, 2J; tarsus, f ; culmen, |. North 

 America from the Plains eastward ; breeding from Virginia and Missouri 

 north to Nova Scotia, and wintering from south New Jersey southward. 

 The Western Vesper Sparrow (540". P. g. confinis) averages slightly 

 larger, is grayer in color, and is found from the Plains to the Pacific. 



18. Ipswich Sparrow (541. Ammddramus princejys). — A 

 rare, seacoast, brownish, much-streaked sparrow, with a white 



line over the eye, two 

 buffy wing bars, and 

 sometimes a spot of 

 sulphur-yellow in 

 front of the eye and 

 on the bend of the 



I 1 wing. The upper parts 



Ipswich Sparrow a,re streaked with 



brownish, black, and ashy; the lower parts are white, with 

 streaks of blackish and buff on the breast and sides. 



