SPARROWS 



(575) Peucsea sestivalis aestivalis 



{Liclil.) (Gr., a pine; Lat., summery). 



PINE-WOODS SPARROW. 

 Plumage as shown. Upper parts 

 chestnut, streaked with black and 

 broadly margined with gray; a gray 

 line over the eye; bend of wing yel- 

 low; tail feathers narrow; breast and 

 sides ashy-brown. L., 5.75; W., 2.50. 



Range — Ga. and Fla. (S75a) 

 BACHWAN'S SPARROW. Simi- 

 lar but with no black streaks on the 

 back. Breeds from Ohio, 111. and Va. 

 south to the Gulf. 



(578) Peucaea cassini 



( W oodliouse) 



CASSIN'S SPARROW. Ashy- 

 brown above, with black streaks. 



Range — Breeds from Kan. and 

 Col. southward. 



BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS are typical spar- 

 rows of the southwestern plains and deserts, frequenting 

 mesquite or sagebrush, from the tops of which they pour 

 forth their tinkling little tunes many of the notes of which 

 have a buzzing or burring quality like parts of the song of the 

 Lark Sparrow. Their nests are located near the ground in 

 sagebrush, cat's-claw or cactus; ofttimes they are even 

 located on the ground under concealment of some bush. The 

 eggs are plain bluish-white, this being one of the very few 

 sparrows not laying spotted eggs. 



SAGE SPARROWS are quite characteristic of western 

 sagebrush deserts and basins of the Upper Sonoran zone. 

 Their colors and streakings harmonize very well with the 

 blue-green foliage of the brush, but they can readily be 

 recognized by the length of their tails and the fact that these 

 appendages are usually slowly wagged to and fro somewhat 

 after the Phcebe fashion. 



PINE-WOODS and BACHMAN'S SPARROWS are 



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