Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
561. Clay-colored Sparrow (Spzzella pallida). 
L. 5.4. No reddish brown. Ads. Above grayish 
brown streaked with black; sides of crown largely 
black, a grayish line through its center; sides of head 
brownish, below white. Notes. Song, three notes, 
and a slight trill. (Coues.) 
Range.—Interior of North America, from Illinois to the Rockies; 
breeds from eastern Colorado, and northwestern Illinois north to Sas- 
katchewan; winters from southern Texas into Mexico. 
562. Brewer Sparrow (Sprzella brewert). L. 5.4. 
No reddish brown. Ads. Back and crown brownish 
gray, uniformly and narrowly streaked with black; 
sides of head grayish; below white. Grayer than No. 
561, the sides of the head zot largely black. Notes. 
Call, chip; song, a reedy warble resembling in tone 
that of a Long-billed Marsh Wren. 
Range.—Western United States, from the Rockies to central Cal- 
ifornia; breeds from Mexican border States north to British Colum- 
bia; winters from southern California south into Mexico. 
574. Bell Sparrow (4mphispiza belli). L. 6.1; W. 
2.7. Ads. Siaes of throat with black streaks; center 
of breast with black spots; above grayish brown, usual- 
ly without distinct streaks, no white in tail. 
Range.— Pacific coast, from nerthern Lower California northwest of 
Sierras, to Warrencounty, California; resident. 
574a. Sage Sparrow (4. 6. nevadensis). Similar 
to No. 574, but larger, W. 4.2; back brownish gray, 
usually finely but distinctly streaked with black; less 
black at sides of throat, usually a white stripe over the 
eye. Notes. Call, a_chipping twitter; song, feeble, 
but sweet and sad. (B. B. & R.) 
Range.—Great Basin region; breeds from New Mexico, Arizona, 
and southeastern California north to Idaho and eastern Oregon; win- 
ters south to western Texas and southern California. 
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574b. Gray Sage Sparrow (4. 6. cinerea), Simi- 4 
lar to No. 574, but paler above, throat-stripes narrower, 4 
more interrupted, breast-spot smaller, both stripes and 
spot dull grayish instead of blackish. (Ridgw.) 
Range.—Lower California. : { 
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564. Worthen Sparrow (Spizella wortheni). Re- { 
sembles No. 563a, but sides of head plain gray, no 5 
brownish streak behind eye; tail shorter, 2.9. 
Range.—Southern New Mexico (Silver City), southward over east- nt 
ern border of Mexican plateau to southern Puebla; breeding from 
Tamaulipas northward. (Ridgw.) 
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