. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 'I 1'^^', SHARP-r.\:i) SPARROW. SlIORK FINCH. AmM( )I»R.\.Mrs CAUnACUTUS. Ch\U. Above, brownish gray tin,i,'ed with olive; crown darker, w it'i median stripe of asliy gray and two stripes of black ; I)ack streaked with black; stripes of l)iit"f above and below eyes meeting bcliind car-coveit-, wings edged with yellow: tail-feathers narrow, with acutely pointed tip-: below, dull white, breast and sides tinged with bul
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 'I 1'^^', SHARP-r.\:i) SPARROW. SlIORK FINCH. AmM( )I»R.\.Mrs CAUnACUTUS. Ch\U. Above, brownish gray tin,i,'ed with olive; crown darker, w it'i median stripe of asliy gray and two stripes of black ; I)ack streaked with black; stripes of l)iit"f above and below eyes meeting bcliind car-coveit-, wings edged with yellow: tail-feathers narrow, with acutely pointed tip-: below, dull white, breast and sides tinged with bull and streaked with black. Length about 5'4 inches. A\:tt. In a salt-marsh or wet meadow, amid a cluster of reeds or inft of sedges, to the stems of which it is sometimes fastened; a soniewliai bulky structure of grass and weed-stems, lined with fine grass. I\^'',^'s. 4-5; dull white or tinged with butT or green, thickly spottd with brown and lilac; X The Shore iMiich is an inh;il)itant of the low islands ami marshy sea-coasts from Massachusetts to Texas, living on small shrim])s, marine insects, and probably grass seeds, niM\- ing through the rank herbage nearly with the same agility .mil timidity as a Swamp S])arro\v, to which in structure nt" ihe feet and stoutness of the bill it bears considerable Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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