. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . with dusky. Male : length(skins) , wing , tail bill . Female:length (skins) , wing (>, tail , bill . Remarks. — The sandicichensis group is distinguished by black streakson upper parts in connection with distinct superciliary and median crownstripe, and streaks on under tail coverts being concealed. The exposedculmen is also longer than hind toe without claw, and wing less than seventimes
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . with dusky. Male : length(skins) , wing , tail bill . Female:length (skins) , wing (>, tail , bill . Remarks. — The sandicichensis group is distinguished by black streakson upper parts in connection with distinct superciliary and median crownstripe, and streaks on under tail coverts being concealed. The exposedculmen is also longer than hind toe without claw, and wing less than seventimes as long as exposed culmen, the bill straight or even concave in themiddle. Distribution. — Northwest coast, from Alaska to the Columbia River,rarely to northern California. Nest. — On the ground, in meadows or other grassy places. Eggs : 3 to6, pale brownish, varying to dull whitish or greenish white, spotted withbrown, occasionally with a few darker — Insects, and weed and grass seed. In Alaska Mr. Nelson found the Sandwich sparrow mainly onrocky beaches, though it also frequented grassy flats. He describes. 332 FIXCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. its song as a short, weak succession of notes, somewhat similar tothose of 542b. A. s. alaudinus (Bonap.). WESTERN SAVANNA SPARROW. Similar to sandwickensis, but smaller and averaging grayer, superciliarystripe often white. Male : length (skins) wing , , bill . Female: lengtli (skins) wing ,tail (>-±10, bill . Distribution. — Breeds from the Plains to the Pacific coast, and from thearctic coast to southern end of Mexican tablelands ; in winter south tohighlands of Guatemala. Among the many inconspicuous, plain, little striped-backed spar-rows of the western United States, <tl«i« is one of the common-est, plainest, and most inconspicuous. Anywhere in the meadows,prairie grass, or weed patches, one may dart out from under yourfeet, zigzag ov
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