THE BTBD ROOK 



55i)a-5()Ua 



same and the eggs 

 eastern bird. 



Bluish White 



As indicated by tlieir name sooiaUs, Chipping Sparrows 

 are sociable birds not only- with others of the bird tribe, but 

 with man. In all localities that are not overrun with Eng- 

 lish Sparrows, you will find these confiding birds nesting in 

 trees and shrubs in the yard and in vines from porches, 

 while in orchards, nearly every tree has its 

 tenant. They are smaller birds than the 

 last (.5.5 in. long) and have the brown 

 crown bordered by blackish and a black 

 line through the eye. Their nests, which 

 may be found at any height from the 

 ground and in any kind of a tree or shrub, 

 are made or fine grass and weed stems, lin- 

 ed with hair; their three= to five eggs are a handsome 

 greenish blue, sparingly specked chiefly about the large 

 end with blackish brown and purplish. Size .70 x .52. 



560a. Western Chipping Sparrow. SpizeUa pas- 

 sirina arizoiiir. 



Range. — Western North America, chiefly west of the 

 Rockies, from Mexico to Alaska; winters in Mexico. 



This variety is much duller colored than the last and 

 has but little brown on the back; its nesting habits are the 

 do not appear to differ in any respect from those of the 



561. Cl.w-coi^ored Sparrow. Spisclla pallida. 



Range. — Interior of United States and Canada, from the 

 Mississippi Valley to tlie Rockies, breeding from Iowa and 

 Colorado northward; winters in Mexico. 



These birds can best be described as like 

 the Chipping Sparrow with the brown large- 

 ly replaced with blackish. They breed quite 

 abundantly in Manitoba and Minnesota, plac- 

 ing their nests on or near the ground, and 

 making them of fine grasses. The eggs can- 

 not be distinguished with certainty from 

 those of the preceding but average a trifle 

 smalled. Size .65 x .50. Data. — Barnsley, Manitoba, May 

 24, 1900. Nest of grass stalks lined with fine grass, one 

 foot above ground in tuft of grass. i 



Bluish W'clte 



562. 



Bluish White 



Brewer's Sparrow. Spiiclla brcweri. 



Range. — Western United States from Mex- 

 ico to British Columbia rarely and chiefly 

 between the Rockies and the Sierras;- most 

 abundant in New Mexico and Ariisona. 



This bird is similar to the last hut is paler 

 and more finely streaked. Their nesting 

 habits are like those of pallida and the eggs 

 are indistinguishable. 



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