. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. IMM in iiil f'. \'i i li'i SONG SPARROW. MeLOSPIZA FASCIA'IA. C}IAR. Back streaked with black, bay, and ash; crown bay, streaked with black and with two stripes of ash; wings gravisii 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 6^2 inches. jVc'sL In a field or open pasture, amid a tuft of grass or
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. IMM in iiil f'. \'i i li'i SONG SPARROW. MeLOSPIZA FASCIA'IA. C}IAR. Back streaked with black, bay, and ash; crown bay, streaked with black and with two stripes of ash; wings gravisii 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 6^2 inches. jVc'sL In a field or open pasture, amid a tuft of 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. iT'.yj. 3-7 (usually 4 or 5) ; dull white or with tint of green, blue, or pink, thickly marked with several shades of brown ; occasionally un- spotted ; X '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 warblers. j 1. 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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