Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
537. Smith Longspur (Calcarius pictus). L. 6.6. 
Hind toe-nail as long as toe; two outer tail-feathers 
mostly white. Ad. ¢'. Throat, breast and belly buff; 
nape buff; crown and cheeks black; ear-coverts and 
line over eye white; lesser wing-coverts black margined 
with white. Ad. 2. Above brownish black mar- 
gined with buff and rusty brown; below pale buff, 
sides of breast and flanks streaked with brown. CG 
winter. Like 9 but lesser wing-coverts black and 
white. Notes. Call constantly chirrup as they fly. 
(Goss.) 
Range.—Middle western United States; breeds in northern British 
Americas winters south over the plains and prairies to Texas; east to 
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579. Rufous-winged Sparrow (A:mophila carpalis). 
L. 5.7. Outer tail-feathers shortest. ds. Lesser 
wing-coverts bright reddish brown; crown reddish 
brown or chestnut margined with gray; back streaked 
with black and margined with grayish brown; below 
whitish; two black streaks from either side of the base 
of the lower mandible. Notes. Call, 7b, qib, tb. 
(Bendire. ) 
Range.—Southern Arizona, north to Tucson and Camp Lowell and 
south through Sonora to northern Sinaloa. (Ridgw.) 
580. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps). 
L. 4; T. 2.6. No yellow at bend of wing; outer tail- 
feathers shortest. Ads. Above reddish brown marg- 
ined with buffy gray (no black streaks); below, in- 
cluding middle of belly, brownish; sides of throat with 
black lines. Notes. Song, very sweet, resembling 
that of Lazuli Bunting, but distinguishable. (C. A. 
Allen.) 
Range.—Northern Lower California north to Marin County and 
Sacramento Valley, California; local, 
580a. Scott Sparrow (4. r. scott). Similar to No. 
580, but above brighter reddish brown, the margins to 
the feathers grayer, the underparts much paler, the 
breast grayish, the throat and middle of the belly 
whitish. 
Range.—Northwestern portion of Mexican paeae and adjacent 
portions of Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas (El Paso Co.) 
(Ridgw.) 
580b. Rook Sparrow (4. 7. eremeca). L. 6. 
Ads. Crown reddish chestnut, back olive-brown 
margined with gray. Similar to No. 580a, but back of 
a different color from crown, the grayish margins 
wider. 
Range.—Limestone Hill districts of middle Texas, from Kinney and 
Maverick counties on the Rio Grande, northeastward to Cook County 
and westward at least to Tom Green County; south in winter to Mex- 
Ico. (Ridgw.) 
580c. Laguna Sparrow (4. 7. sororia). Similar 
to No. 580a, but bill somewhat stouter, reddish brown 
above averaging brighter and wider. 
Range.—Southern Lower California. 
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