. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . as a greatmistake, and a mistake whibh cannot be remedied. It hasalready spread over nearly the whole area covered by thisbook, and has driven out many of our best American birds.(English Sparrow.) See illustration on p. 382. Length, G ; wing, 8 ; tail, 2|; culmen, I nearly. The European TreeSparrow (Pdsspr minitiinus) is a bird very similar in appearance to thelast, which has become naturalized in the section near St. Louis, Missouri. FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPABROUS, ETC.
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . as a greatmistake, and a mistake whibh cannot be remedied. It hasalready spread over nearly the whole area covered by thisbook, and has driven out many of our best American birds.(English Sparrow.) See illustration on p. 382. Length, G ; wing, 8 ; tail, 2|; culmen, I nearly. The European TreeSparrow (Pdsspr minitiinus) is a bird very similar in appearance to thelast, which has become naturalized in the section near St. Louis, Missouri. FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPABROUS, ETC. 121 It can be recognized by the liver-brown color of the crown, and the wingrarely over 2| long. 12. Snowflake (534. PIectr(jphenaxnivclUs). — A sparrow-like,ground-living, winter bird, with much w^ite on head, tail, wings,and under parts ; u|>per parts with muchrusty-brown, streakedwith black. This, oursnow-colored snow-bunting, is to befound in the UnitedStates only whensnow is on the most of oursmall, winter birds, itis a seed-eater. Itcomes usually in largeflocks. (Snow Bunt-ing ; White Snow-bird.). Snowflake Length, 6] ; wing, 4^ (4-4\); tail, 2^; tarsus, f ; culmen, f. Northernregions ; breeding north of the United States, and wintering regularly innorthern states, and irregularly to Georgia and southern Illinois. 13. Lapland Longspur (536. Calcctrius lappdnkiis). — A streaky-backed, wdiite-bellied, sparrow-like, ground-feeding, winter bird of the United States,_ _^^^ with the nail of the ■■a^j» ^^^ \\{{ toe longer thanits toe. The length ofthe hind toe and itsnail can often be de-termined by its back has streaksLapland Longspur ^f black, brown, and buff. This bird is found among flocks of shorelarks and snow--flakes, and has the habit of squatting back of some clod, where
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