Percliing Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



EASTERN SONG SPAUROW GROUP. 

 381. Song Sparrow {Mehspi^a dnerea melodia). L. 

 6.2. Ads. Above reddish brown ind grny with black 

 streaks; tail with a decided rufous tinge; bl.ick streaks 

 below conspicuously ttiargined with rrddisli brown, 

 those of center of breast tormina a patch. Notes. 

 Call, a characteristic chimp or trinb; song, too variable 

 in form to admit ot brief deiicription but unmistakjble 

 in tone throughout the whole group. 



Range.- Eastern North America west to the Plains; breers fmm 

 Virginia and northern Illinois north to Quebec and Manitoba; wititcrj 

 from southern Illinois and Massachusetts to Gulf States. 



58 lb. Mountain Song Sparrow (M. c. moiitana). 

 Similarto No. 581, but grayer; reddish brown not so 

 bright; bill smaller. 



Range.— Rocky Mountain district of United States wesi to, and in- 

 cluding Sierra Nevada In California; north 10 eastern Oregon, south- 

 ern Idaho, and southern Montana; su mil in winter to western Texas 

 and ijurtliern Me.iLluu. (Ridgw.) 



581k. Merrill Song Sparrow {M. c. merrilU). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 581b, but slightly darker and more uniform 

 above, with grayish edgings to interscapulars and 

 scapulars less Strongly contrasted with the darker 

 mesial streaks, the latter usually with more brown 

 than black. (Ridgw.) 



Range, — Breeds from northern California (Shasta County) in 

 mountains and through Oregon and Washington east of Ciiscade 

 Mountains, to northwestern Idaho; winters south Into Mexico. 

 (Ridgw.; 



58lj. Dakota Song Sparrow {M. c. juddi). Simi- 

 lar to No. 581, but above paler, especially line over 

 eye and sides of neck; white below clearer; interscap- 

 ulars with black center broader, reddish brown por- 

 tions narrower; dark markings on breast restricted and 

 more sharply defined. (Bishop.) 



Kange. — "Turtle Mountains and vicinity. North Dakota." (A. O. 

 U.) 



DESERT SONG SPARROWS. 

 58 la. Desert Song Sparrow {MHospi^a cmerea 

 fallax). W. 2.5. Above reddish brown and gray; 

 below white with reddish brown streaks; usually no 

 black in plumage. 



Range.— Lower Sonoran district of southwest Arizona, southern Ne- 

 vada, snulheast California and northwe'it Lower California and Snn- 

 ora. (HIdEw.) 



581g. Brown Song Sparrow (A/, c. f.'<Dularis). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 581a, but larger, W. 2.7, with longer, more 

 slender and more compressed bill; still less strongly 

 contrasted markings, and duller, less rufescent colors. 

 (Ridgw.) 



Range. — MounUin Jlsliricts of southern Lower California. (Ridgw. ) 



CALIFORNIA SONG SPARROWS. 

 581c. Heermann Song Sparrow [M^hspiia cimrea 

 heet'mannz), L. 6.5; W. 2.5- Ads. AbOvS chmlnut 

 olive-gray with usually distinct black streaks; tail 

 withaut a decided rufous tinge; black streaks below not 

 conspicuously bordered by rufous. 



Range. — Central valleys of California Including lowei levels of 

 Sacramento and San JuaqiJn ba:>Ins. (Rldgw.) 



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