. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 570 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. found the nests of three pairs near Shiocton in 1883. It probably breeds regularly in the northern part of the state, as Mr. John F. Ferry found it not uncommon near Woodruff, Vilas County, during the last week in June, 1908. The nest is built in trees, usually at a considerable distance from the ground. It is composed of grass, twigs, and hair. The eggs are from 4 to 6, clear blue, spotted and marked about the larger end with dark brown, and measure about .80 x .56 inches. Genus PASSER
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. 570 Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. found the nests of three pairs near Shiocton in 1883. It probably breeds regularly in the northern part of the state, as Mr. John F. Ferry found it not uncommon near Woodruff, Vilas County, during the last week in June, 1908. The nest is built in trees, usually at a considerable distance from the ground. It is composed of grass, twigs, and hair. The eggs are from 4 to 6, clear blue, spotted and marked about the larger end with dark brown, and measure about .80 x .56 inches. Genus PASSER Brisson. 237. Passer domesticus (Linn.). English Sparrow. House Sparrow. Adult: Top of head, gray; nape, sides of neck, and stripe from the eye backward, rich chestnut; cheeks and sides of throat, white;. English Sparrow (male). front of eye, throat and breast, black; upper back, chestnut, with black streaks; lower back and rump, gray; belly, white; wing, dark brown, more or less edged with pale rufous brown; tail, brown. Adult female: Upper plumage, dark grayish brown; the middle of the back, dull tawny brown, streaked with black; under parts, pale, dull whitish on belly and the breast; sides of body, washed with pale grayish brown; middle wing coverts, tipped with whitish; rest of wing feathers, more or less edged with pale brown. Length, about 6; wing, 3; tail, ; bill, .42. The English Sparrow is an Old World species, which was intro- duced into this country some years ago and has now unfortunately become very numerous throughout the greater portion of the United States. It destroys but few insects and is most pugnacious, driving away. 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 Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. Chicago
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