. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . er parts brownish gray, heavily streaked with dark brown or blackish on the middleback and scapulars, and elsewhere with light brown; under parts white or buffy white,the breast and sides streaked and spotted witii dark brown or blackish, the spots usuallyarrow-shaped, and commonly thickest in tlie middle of the breast where they form a moreor less distin
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . er parts brownish gray, heavily streaked with dark brown or blackish on the middleback and scapulars, and elsewhere with light brown; under parts white or buffy white,the breast and sides streaked and spotted witii dark brown or blackish, the spots usuallyarrow-shaped, and commonly thickest in tlie middle of the breast where they form a moreor less distinct spot; wings brownish, with little or no trace of bars, the secondaries reddislibrown on their outer webs, the tertiaries mainly black, with broad cliestnut or rufoiismargins whicli become white toward the tips; f ail-feathors reddish-brown, the midtlle pairusually with blackish shaft-stripes, and in(nstincfly barred with dusky; bill brownishabove, yellowish below; iris brown. Autumn siiecimens are browner or more buffy, especi-ally on chest and sides. Young birds are similar, but with all the colors more blended,the dark markings less sharply defined. Length G to inches; wing to ; tail to ; culmen .50 to . Plate LII. Nest and eggs of rioiig photograph by Thomas L. Hankinson. LAND BIRDS. 521 236. Lincolns Sparrow. Melospiza lincolni lincolni (And.). (583) Synonyms: Lincolns Song Sparrow, Lincolns Finch.—Fringilla lincolni, And. 1834.—Passerculus lincolni, Bonap., 1838.—Peucsea lincolni, Aud., 1839.—Melospiza lincolni,Baird, 1858, and most authors. Very similar to the Song Sparrow, but rather smaller, not so reddishabove, no large spot on the breast, but a buffy band across the is streaked above and below like the Song Sparrow, but the dark streaksare finer, sharper and blacker. Distribution.—North America at large, breeding chiefly north of theUnited States and in the higher parts of the Rocky Mountains and SierraN
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