. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. W-.:\ I. FOX SPARROW. PaSSERELLA ILIACA. Char. Above, foxv red (brightest on wings and rump) streaked with c ih (in winter the asii is sometimes obscure); head and tail without streaks; wings with two white bars , below, white spotted with red. Length about 7 inches. A^f/. Amid moss, or on a low bush , composed of grass and moss, lined with grass, roots, and feathers. â Ej;.:;s. 4-5 ; white with green or blue tinge, spotted and blotched with brown of several shades (sometime
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. W-.:\ I. FOX SPARROW. PaSSERELLA ILIACA. Char. Above, foxv red (brightest on wings and rump) streaked with c ih (in winter the asii is sometimes obscure); head and tail without streaks; wings with two white bars , below, white spotted with red. Length about 7 inches. A^f/. Amid moss, or on a low bush , composed of grass and moss, lined with grass, roots, and feathers. â Ej;.:;s. 4-5 ; white with green or blue tinge, spotted and blotched with brown of several shades (sometimes "^he brown almost conceals the ground color); great variation in size, average about X o 65. This large and handsome Sparrow, after passing the summer and breeding-season in the northern regions of the continent around Hudson Bay, and farther north and west perhaps to the shores of the Pacific, visits us in stragghng parties or pairs from the middle of October to November. At this time it frequents low, sheltered thickets in moist and watery situations, where it usually descends to the ground and is busily emploved in scratching up the earth c nd rustling among the fallen leaves in quest o^ seeds, worms, and insects, but more particularly the last. It migrates in a desultory manner, and sometimes arrives U'. 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; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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