Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



537. Smith Longspun {Calcarius pictus) . \_. 6.6. 

 Hind toe-nail as long as toe; too outer tail-fcathcre 

 mostly white. Ad. ^. Throat, breast and belly buff; 

 nape buff; crown an4 cheeks black; ear-coverts and 

 line over eye white; lesser wing-coverts black margined 

 with white, -^d. 9. Above brownish blatk mar- 

 gined with buff and rusty brown; below pale buff, 

 sides of breast and flank? 5-,t_-eaked with brown, (f in 

 winiar. Like 9 but lesser wing-coverts black and 

 white. Notes. Call constantly chirrup as they fly. 

 CGoss.) 



RjngQ, — Middle western United States; breedE In northern British 

 America; winters south over tlie plilne and prairies to Tejias; east tu 

 IlUnois. 



579. Rufous-winged Sparrow {Aimophila carpalis), 

 L. 5,7, Outer tail-feathers shortest. Ads. Lesser 

 wing-coverts bright reddish brown; irown reddish 

 brown or chestnut margined with gray; back streaked 

 with black and margined with grayish brown; below 

 whitish; (aw black streaks from either side of the base 

 of the lower mandible. Notes. Call, {ib, ^ib, ^ib. 

 (Beiidire.) 



Ran fe.— Southern Arizona, north lo Tucson and Gamp Lowell and 

 south through Sonora tu northern S.naloa. (Ridgw.) 



580. Rufous-cpowned Sparrow {Ainiopltilaruficepi). 

 L. 4; T. 2.6. No yellow at bend of wing; outer tail- 

 featrierj 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- hiotes. Song, very sweet, resembling 

 that of Lazuli Bunting, but distinguishable. (C, A. 

 Allen.) 



Range.— Northern Lower California north to Mailn Coun^ and 

 Sacramento Vaiiey, California; local. 



580a. Scott Sparrow {A. r. scottii). Similar to No. 

 583, 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. 



Hange. Northwestern portion of Mexican plateau and adjacent 

 portions of Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas (El Paso Co.) 

 tRidgw.) 



580b. Rook Sparrow {A. r. iremaca). L. 6. 

 Ads. Crown reddish chestnut, back olive-brown 

 margined with gray. Similar to No. jSoa^ but back of 

 a different color from crown, the grayish margins 

 wider. 



Range.— Limestone Hill districts of middle Texas, Irom Kinney anil 

 Maverick counties on the Rio Grande, northeastward to Cook 0>uncr 

 and westward ai least to Tom Gri-sn County; south In winter to Mex- 

 ico. (Ridgw.) 



B8O0. Laguna Sparrow {A. r. saroria). Similar 

 to No. 580a, but bill somewhat stouter, reddish brown 

 above averaging brighter and wider. 



Range.— Southern Lower California. 



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