LINCOLN SPARROW. 
583. Melospiza lincolni. 5 y 2 inches. 
To be found most commonly in the central and western parts 
of North America, rare in the eastern part. In appearance 
they are very much like the Song Sparrow, but m their 
habits are more retiring, and keep more closely in the grass, 
and out of sight. They nest m tufts of grass within a few 
inches of the ground, or in a slight depression in the ground. 
The nest is made of twigs, roots and grasses. Then eggs are 
similar to the Song Sparrows; three or four m number, green¬ 
ish white, heavily marked with brown (.80 x 
SHUMAGIN FOX SPARROW. 
585a. Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis. inches. 
These are large reddish brown sparrows, thickly marked with 
spots of darker brown on the back and 
are to be found from Alaska to southern 
Nest.— In low bushes near the ground 
eggs, 
marked with brown (,94 x.68). 
under parts. They 
California. 
Four pale greenish 
THICK-BILLED FOX SPARROW. 
585b. Passerella i. megarhyncha. 7% inches. 
This is quite a little larger than the above has a much 
thicker bill, and is to be found throughout California in the 
mountains. 
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