. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. FRINGILLIDJC —THE FINCHES. 595. Yonnq. f*troake(l abovo, tlu» rrown obsoletcly. the back distinctly. Wliolo broast and sides with numerous short (Uisky streaks ujk)ii a white ground. Markings about the head indistinct, wing-bands more distinct than in the adult Had. Middle Province of United States, north to beyond 40° (resi- dent). The difference in size between the race of the Great Basin and that of the southern ra
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. FRINGILLIDJC —THE FINCHES. 595. Yonnq. f*troake(l abovo, tlu» rrown obsoletcly. the back distinctly. Wliolo broast and sides with numerous short (Uisky streaks ujk)ii a white ground. Markings about the head indistinct, wing-bands more distinct than in the adult Had. Middle Province of United States, north to beyond 40° (resi- dent). The difference in size between the race of the Great Basin and that of the southern racitic Prov- ince, of this species, is quite re- markable, being much greater than in any other instance with- in our knowledge. This may, perhaps, be explained by the fact that the former is not migratoty, ~ ^""'^'^ *''"' ™'- ^^"• but resident even in the most northern part of its range ; while the Califor- nia one is also resident, and an inhabitant of only the southern portion of the coast region, not reaching nearly so .far north as the race of the interior. The coloration of the two mces is quite identical, though in all specimens of var. helH the dorsal streaks are obsolete, sometimes even apparently wanting, while in the var. ncvadeusis they are always conspicuous. The former appears to be more brownish above than the latter. Habits. These birds, Mr. liidgway states, have a very general distribution, extending as far west as the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada. At Carson City, February 27, he heard for the first time their sweet sad chant. A week later he found the sage-brush full of these birds, the males being in full song and answering one another from all directions. In»walking through the sage- brush these Sjwarrows wAe seen on'every side, some running upon the ground with their tails elevated, uttering a chipping twitter, as they sought to conceal themselves behind the shrubs. Some were seen to alight upon the tops of dead stalks, wh
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