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487. PEtrCaJA Audubon. (mvKij, pine.) 



925. P. aestivalis (Lichtenstein). Upper parts largely chestnut, 

 with ashy edgings and dusky streaks ; a broad pale superciliary 

 line ; ashy below, the breast buffy ; yellow on bend and edge of 

 wing, but none on head. L. 6. W. 2^. T. 2-J. Southern, N. to 

 Central Ind., the form ranging N. rather paler, the back chiefly 

 chestnut, is var. bachmani Audubon. (Lat., summer.) 



488. MEIiOSPIZA Baird. (fiiXos, song ; o-iri'fa, sparrow.) 



926. M. fasciata (Gmelin). Song Sparrow. Much streaked 

 above and on breast and sides ; crown with an obscure ashy median 

 stripe ; below white, pectoral streaks often forming a dusky blotch. 

 L. 6^. W. 2J. T. 3. N. Am., everywhere ; a hearty songster, 

 beginning early in spring. (Lat., banded.) 



927. M. georgiana (Latham). Swamp Sparrow. Crown 

 bright dark chestnut, streaked with black ; wings strongly tinged 

 with chestnut ; back sharply streaked ; an ashy collar and super- 

 ciliary line ; breast and below ashy with few streaks or none ; tail 

 shorter than in the Song Sparrow, its quills edged with chestnut. 

 L. 5f . W. 2\. T. 2^. E. U. S., in low thickets ; a thnid bird, 

 seldom seen, although not rare. 



928. M. lincolni (Audubon). Everywhere above and below 

 thickly, sharply streaked with black, gray and buffy ; breast with a 

 broad band of pale buffy or yellowish brown ; sides washed with 

 buffy. L. 5^. W. 2^. T. 2^. N. Am., rare E. ; a shy species 

 quite unlike the Song Sparrow. (To Robert Lincoln.) 



489. PASSBRELLA Swainson. (Lat., passer, sparrow.) 



929. P. iliaca (Merrem). Fox Sparrow. Ashy above, over- 

 laid and much streaked with rusty red, which becomes bright bay 

 on rump, tail and wings ; white below with large arrow-shaped 

 spots and streaks, numerous on breast ; feet stout, with long claws. 

 L. 7. W. 3^. T. 3. E. N. Am., migrating early; one of the 

 handsomest streaked sparrows and a good singer. (Lat., ilium, 

 flank, which is streaked.) 



490. PIPIIiO VieUlot. (Lat., I peep or chirp.) 



930. P. erythrophthalmuB (L.). Chewink. Marsh Robin. 

 TowHEE. Black, belly white ; sides chestnut ; outer tail feathers, 

 primaries and inner secondaries with white ; 9 with clear brown 

 instead of black ; iris red. L. 8^. W. 3^. T. 4. E. U. S., 

 abundant everywhere. (Gr., red-eyed.) 



491. CAHDINALIS Bonaparte. 



931. C. cardinalifl (L.). Cardinal Grosbeak. Red Bird. 

 Clear red, ashy on back ; chin and forehead black ; crest con- 



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