. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . of the Plains in Ne-braska, South Dakota, and Montana; migrates to northern Mexico. Nest. — On or near the ground, in old weed grown fields and thickets,made mainly of grass stems, Eggs: 3 to 5, white, tinged with green orbuff, and speckled with reddish brown. Food. — Insects and weed seed. 564. Spizella wortheni Ridgw. Worthen Sparrow. Top of head dull reddish brown, indistinctly streaked with darker, restof head, including forehead, ashy; back paletawny, broa
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . of the Plains in Ne-braska, South Dakota, and Montana; migrates to northern Mexico. Nest. — On or near the ground, in old weed grown fields and thickets,made mainly of grass stems, Eggs: 3 to 5, white, tinged with green orbuff, and speckled with reddish brown. Food. — Insects and weed seed. 564. Spizella wortheni Ridgw. Worthen Sparrow. Top of head dull reddish brown, indistinctly streaked with darker, restof head, including forehead, ashy; back paletawny, broadly streaked with black; underparts whitish, tinged with buffy gray on cheeksand sides; bill pinkish brown or cinnamonrufous. Male: length (skins) , , tail , bill . Female:length (skins) , wing , , bill . Remarks. — The Worthen sparrow may bedistinguished from the western chipping by theabsence of black on forehead and black streakbehind — From Silver City, New Mexico, south on plateau of northeastern Mexico to southern
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