. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ring and early summer, and through the breed-ing season at least keep it up all day, closing with a blithe sunsetconcert. GENUS AIMOPHIIiA. General Characters. — Wing short, much rounded or truncate at tip,primaries exceeding secondaries usually by less than length of bill; ter-tials not elongated ; tail graduated; feathers narrow, but with roundedtips ; tarsus longer than middle toe with claw. KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Wing with bright rufous patch ....... carpalis,
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . ring and early summer, and through the breed-ing season at least keep it up all day, closing with a blithe sunsetconcert. GENUS AIMOPHIIiA. General Characters. — Wing short, much rounded or truncate at tip,primaries exceeding secondaries usually by less than length of bill; ter-tials not elongated ; tail graduated; feathers narrow, but with roundedtips ; tarsus longer than middle toe with claw. KEY TO SPECIES. 1. Wing with bright rufous patch ....... carpalis, p, 353. 1. Wing without bright rufous Upper parts mainly gray. In southwestern Texas. eremoeca, p. 355,2. Upper parts mainly rufous. 3. Smaller. In California ruficeps, p. 354. 3. Larger. Western Texas to Arizona ..... scottii, p. 354. 579. Aimophila carpalis (Coues). Rufous-winged Sparrow: Bendire Sparrow. Adults. — Wings with conspicuous bright rufous patch; crown heavily streaked with rufous, mixed with gray, and divided by narrow gray line; rusty streak behind eye, and two blackish stripes from bill down side of. 354 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. throat; back buffy brown, sharply streakedwith black ; under parts grayish white. Young:entire upper parts grayish brown, broadlystreaked with blackish ; patch on wing covertsdusky, margined with pale brownish buff;under parts whitish, chest and sides broadlystreaked with dusky. Male: length (skins), wing , tail , bill^ ,,, ^ , . , Female: length (skins) ,■ Spfrror^ ^i& , tail ; bill . Remarks. — The uniform bright rufous wingpatches of the adults of carpnlis are — Arizona and northwestern — On or near the ground. Eggs : 3 to 5, plain bluish white. In the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, found small flocks of the rufous-winged sparrows from an alti-tude of 3000 to 4500 feet. They wer
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