. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. FIXCIIES, SPARROWS. KTP. 300. usual call-note is a .sharp rherp, not uuliki' tliat of the VV'hiti'-throafrd Sparrow, and quite dilTi-rent fnxu
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America [microform] : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migrations and a brief account of their haunts and habits with introductory chapters on the study of ornithology, how to identify birds and howto collect and preserve birds, their nests, and eggs. Birds; Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Ornithologie. FIXCIIES, SPARROWS. KTP. 300. usual call-note is a .sharp rherp, not uuliki' tliat of the VV'hiti'-throafrd Sparrow, and quite dilTi-rent fnxu tlio rather nasal r/i/ia of the Sonjf Sparrow. 'I'lieir song in a simple, sweet, but somewhat monotonous tiircf-fircff-iirfff, repeated many tinies, all on one iu)te, and som'.'times running into a trill. 68BS8erella iliaoa I â )/(vr.). Fox Spaubow. .4*/.âUpper parts rut'uiis-hrnwi), tlie feuthurs imirtr'uii'd by t'inimmoii-l)ro\vn ; upper tuil-eovfrtri iiiul tail hinjht rufous; wiu/^rs miir- jlinctl with rufous; under parts heav!' Ijl strealied and spntt('<l witli nit'ous- lirown aiul lilaekish; middle of the hclly white; lower iMundil)lc yllow- isli. L., 7-2(i; W., 3-;J!»; T., f^'^; B., â¢oO. RaiKje,âBreeds from the Majrda- len Ishuids an to Nov.; a few Fia. 87.âFox Sparrow. (Natural size.) winter. Siuj^ Siii!', tnli'rai)ly eommon T. v., Meh. 4 to A pi. 20; Oet. 14 to Nov. '.i8. ('aml)rid-,'e, abundant T. V,, Meh. 15 to Apl. 20; Oet. 20 to Nov. 15. Xixt, of course grasses, lined with tiucr <rrasscs, hair, moss, and ft-athers. on the ijfround, and in low trees and iiushes. A'f/.'AS foiu- to live, pale bluish,evenly speekled or heavily blotehed with umber or vinaeeous-brown, '80 x â¢( (see Bendire, Auk, vi, IHSD, p. 108). In the early spring the Fox Sparrow seen mostly about damp thickets and roadside shnd)bery; later it takes more to woods-ides, foraging on Icai'-strewn slopes where there is little or no undergrowth, often associated with small parties
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