. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. COMMON SONG-SPARROW. (Fringilla melodia, Wilson, ii. p. 125. pi. 10. fig. 4. Audubon, pi. 25. Orn. Biog. i. p. 128. Gmel. Phil. Museum, ) Sp. Ciiaract. â Crown chesnut, divided by a greyish line; breast and flanks spotted with blackish-brown; tail cuneiform, unspot- ted ; 1st primary shortest: body above varied with blackish, chesnut, and olive-grey. This t"amiliar and almost domestic bird {â¢? one of the most common and numerous Sparrows in the United States; it is, also, wit
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. COMMON SONG-SPARROW. (Fringilla melodia, Wilson, ii. p. 125. pi. 10. fig. 4. Audubon, pi. 25. Orn. Biog. i. p. 128. Gmel. Phil. Museum, ) Sp. Ciiaract. â Crown chesnut, divided by a greyish line; breast and flanks spotted with blackish-brown; tail cuneiform, unspot- ted ; 1st primary shortest: body above varied with blackish, chesnut, and olive-grey. This t"amiliar and almost domestic bird {â¢? one of the most common and numerous Sparrows in the United States; it is, also, with the Blue-Bird, which it seems to accompany, one of tlie two earliest, sweetest, and mo3t enduring warblers. Though many pass on to the South- ern States at the commencement of winter, yet a few seem to brave the colds of New England, as long as the snowy waste does not conceal their last resource of nutri- ment. When the inundating storm, at length, arrives, they no longer, in the sheltering swamps, and borders of bushy streams, spend their time in gleaning an insuf- ficient subsistence, hut in the month of November, begin to retire to the warmer stales ; and here, on fine days. â 'v-^f!fii!~'<i'ai!nmm?^^'»>l»^m:!!!m^^!X~. 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. Cambridge [Mass. ] : Hilliard and Brown
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