72 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



manner, his Chippy-chippy-chippy, many times repeated, 

 expresses contentment, even if it does not attain high 

 musical rank. Madame Chippy has fine taste in eggs, 

 laying, in early May, little blue gems, beautifully marked 

 with brown or black. 



CLAY-COLORED SPARROW 

 Spizella pallida. Case 6, Fig. 48 



The Clay-colored Sparrow resembles a winter Chipping 

 Sparrow, but is paler and has a white line over the eye and a 

 brownish rump. L. 5 4. 



Range. Interior states east to Illinois; winters from Texas 

 southward. SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. 26-Oct. 19. 



A Chipping Sparrow of the Plains which nests on the 

 ground and in low bushes. It is not common east of the 

 Mississippi. 



FIELD SPARROW 



Spizella pusilla pusilla. Case 4, Fig. 43; Case 5, Fig. 14 



The upperparts are brighter reddish brown than in any of our 

 other Sparrows, and the bill is 'pinker.' L. 5 J. 



Range. Nests from northern Florida and central Louisiana 

 to Minnesota and Maine; winters from New Jersey and Illinois 

 to the Gulf States. 



Washington, very common P. R. Ossining, common S. R., 

 Apl. 2-Nov. 7. Cambridge, common S. R., Apl. 12-Nov. 1; 

 casual in winter. N. Ohio, abundant in summer, Mch. 6-Oct. 25. 

 Glen Ellyn, tolerably common S. R., Mch. 27-Oct. 11. SE. 

 Minn., common S. R., Apl. i-Dec. 28. 



'Bush Sparrow,' Mr. Roosevelt always called this bird, 

 and the name gives a better conception of its haunts 

 than that of Field Sparrow, since it is found in bush- 

 grown fields. From a bush-top it sings its clearly whistled, 

 sweet, appealing song, varying the relation of notes and 

 trills, but never their musical quality. In a bush also 

 it nests, laying 3-5 white eggs, marked with reddish brown, 

 in May. 



