The Song Sparrows 



wing-coverts, and outer edging of tertials, as dull cinnamon, on exposed edges of flight- 

 feathers and rectrices; underparts basally white, clearest on chin, throat, and middle 

 of breast; sides of throat, chest, sides, flanks, and posterior portions strongly tinged 



Taken in San Diego Photo by Donald R. Dickey 



NEST AND EGGS OF SAN DIEGO SONG SPARROW IN THISTLES 



with buffy or pinkish buff, and heavily streaked with black or blackish, more or less 

 tinged and bordered with rusty; pattern of head obscurely 12-radial, by reason of crown 

 parted by gray median line, white "eyebrows" (supraloral region, continued as gray 



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