SONG SPARROW. 
581. Melospiza melodia. 6*4 inches. 
A bird of song, as the name indicates, and their song can 
be heard in every state of the Union and in Canada. This 
is the most subdivided of any of the bird family; more 
than twenty sub-species are listed, all having about the 
same song and general appearance. In some localities they 
will be a darker brown, and in the light desert sands they 
are very light in color. It is almost impossible to distinguish 
one from another even when in the hand. Their eggs also 
have the same variation, and cannot be positively identified 
one from another. They all build either in low bushes or 
upon the ground. Usually four eggs, greenish white, blotched 
and spotted with all shades and patterns of brown (.80 x.60). 
HEERMANN SONG SPARROW. 
581c. Melospiza m. heermanni. 6 1 /! inches. 
Found in the central valleys of California, casually to 
Nevada. 
RUSTY SONG SPARROW. 
58le. Melospiza to. morpli7ia. inches. 
In the Pacific Coast belt from Alaska to southern California. 
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