. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. SONG SPARROW. Melospiza fasciata. Char. Back streaked with black, bay, and ash ; crown bay, streaked with black and with two stripes of ash; wings grayish brown edged with dull rufous; tail grayish brown, with dark wavy cross-bars, below, white ; breast, sides of throat, and sides of body spotted with brown, the spots forming a " patch " on the breast. Length 6 to 6>4 inches. Nest. In a field or open pasture, amid a tuft o£ grass or under a low bush, sometimes fastened
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. SONG SPARROW. Melospiza fasciata. Char. Back streaked with black, bay, and ash ; crown bay, streaked with black and with two stripes of ash; wings grayish brown edged with dull rufous; tail grayish brown, with dark wavy cross-bars, below, white ; breast, sides of throat, and sides of body spotted with brown, the spots forming a " patch " on the breast. Length 6 to 6>4 inches. Nest. In a field or open pasture, amid a tuft o£ grass or under a low bush, sometimes fastened to bush or vine, occasionally placed in a cavity in a tree ; composed of twigs, grass, roots, and leaves, lined with grass and roots, or hair. Eggs. 3-7 (usually 4 or 5) j dull white or with tint of green, blue, or pink, thickly marked with several shades of brown occasionally un- spotted; X 0,60. This familiar and almost domestic bird is one of the most common and numerous Sparrows in the United States; it is also, with the Bluebird, which it seems to accompany, one of the two earliest, sweetest, and most enduring 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 Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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