Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
536. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus). L. 
6.2 Hind toe-nail as long as or longer than toe; two 
outer tail-feathers with white at the end. Ad. 3, sum- 
mer. Nape chestnut; crown, cheeks, throat and upper- 
breast black; back black margined with rusty brown. 
Ad. 2,summer. _ Crown and back black margined 
with rusty; nape brighter; below whitish; breast feath- 
ers dusky at base; sides streaked with blackish. Wn- 
ter, 6’. Black areas and nape veiled with whitish or 
buffy tips; 2, like 2 in summer. 
Range.— Breeds in northern Europe and northeast North America 
south to northern Labrador; in America, winters south, irregularly, to 
Tareas Kentucky, Kansas, Texas; west to Manitoba. 
536a. Alaskan Longspur (C. 7. alascensis). Simi- 
lar to No. 536, but margins to back feathers much 
paler, brownish gray or buffy; nape in winter more 
buffy. Notes. Song, uttered on wing as bird with up- 
stretched wings floats downward, sweet, liquid, tink- 
ling, of same general character as that of Bobolink, 
but shorter, less powerful. (Nelson.) 
Range.—Breeds in Alaska, A eutian and Pribilof Islands east to Fort 
Simpson; winters south to eastern Oregon, Colorado, and western 
Kansas. (Ridgw.) 
553. Harris Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula). L. 
7.5. Ad. summer. Throat and crown black; nape 
chestnut, cheeks brownish; two white wing-bars. 
Ads. winter. Throat mottled with white, crown tipped 
with grayish. Notes. A queer, chuckling note; song 
of pleasing, plaintive whistling notes in musical tone 
like those of No. 558, but delivered in a different song. 
(Cooke.) 
Range.— Interlor of North America; from Illinols west to the Dako- 
tas; in summer, the region west of Hudson Bay (exact breeding range 
unknown); south in winter to Texas (and Mexico?); accidental in 
British Columbia, Oregon and California. 
565. Black-chinned Sparrow (Spigella atrogularis). 
L. 5.7. Below slaty gray. Ad. gf. Throat and 
front of face black; rest of head and underparts slaty 
gray, the belly whitish; back reddish brown narrowly 
streaked with black. 4d. @, Throat with little or 
no black; crown washed with brownish. Yung.  Simi- 
lar to Ad. 2, but never with black on throat; crown 
more heavily washed with brownish. Notes. Song 
said to resemble that of No. 563. (Bailey.) 
Range.— Mexico and southwestern_United States; breeds from 
southern New Mexico and southern California southward; winters 
south into Mexico and southern Lower California. 
—English Sparrow (Passer domesticus). L. 6.3. 
Ad. 3’. Throat and upper breast black; crown slate; 
band behind eye and on nape chestnut. Ad. 
Below dirty white; crown and rump dingy grayish 
brown; back streaked with black and rusty brown; a 
buffy stripe behind eye. Yxg. of. Similar to Ad. 
but throat and head tipped with brownish gray. Notes. 
Harsh and discordant. 
Range. —Introduced into America from Europe in x85 and later 
dates; now distributed throughout the greater part of the United 
States. 
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2” Minter. 
