. Western birds . d out. The note is a sharp wezee, and the song, though havinga trill in it, far excels that of the Chippy. In parts of Michigan, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska,and wintering from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas,south, is found the Clay-colored Sparrow (S. pallida).It is a bird of the plains and in many ways resemblesBrewers, the chief difference being that pallida has aplain gray hind neck, while breweri is uniformlystreaked on head, neck, and back. GENUS SPIZELLA: BLACK-CHINNEDSPARROW. Black-Chinned Sparrow: Spizella atrogularis. FAMILY—FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. During the summer
. Western birds . d out. The note is a sharp wezee, and the song, though havinga trill in it, far excels that of the Chippy. In parts of Michigan, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska,and wintering from Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas,south, is found the Clay-colored Sparrow (S. pallida).It is a bird of the plains and in many ways resemblesBrewers, the chief difference being that pallida has aplain gray hind neck, while breweri is uniformlystreaked on head, neck, and back. GENUS SPIZELLA: BLACK-CHINNEDSPARROW. Black-Chinned Sparrow: Spizella atrogularis. FAMILY—FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. During the summer in the desert and coast regions ofsouthern California, Arizona, and New Mexico is foundthe Black-chinned Sparrow, which in song and plumagesomewhat resembles its eastern cousin, the Field. Thehead, neck, and under parts are gray, with under tailcoverts white; back rusty brown narrowly streaked withblackish; bill pinkish brown; throat and ring around billblack. The female has the black around bill restricted, 180.
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