. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 595 bar; tail feathers, dusky brown, narrowly edged with whitish; upper mandible blackish; lower mandible, mostly yellow; sexes, similar. Length, about ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .30. An abundant migrant and common winter resident in both Illi- nois and Wisconsin, possessing musical ability above the average. Its song is delightful, but difficult to describe. The notes are loud and clear, usually ending with a warble. It arrives in October and leaves for the north in April. 260. Sp
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 595 bar; tail feathers, dusky brown, narrowly edged with whitish; upper mandible blackish; lower mandible, mostly yellow; sexes, similar. Length, about ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .30. An abundant migrant and common winter resident in both Illi- nois and Wisconsin, possessing musical ability above the average. Its song is delightful, but difficult to describe. The notes are loud and clear, usually ending with a warble. It arrives in October and leaves for the north in April. 260. Spizella passerina (Bechst.). Chipping Sparrow. Spizella socialis (Wils.), A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 232. Distr.: "Eastern North America, west to the Rocky Mountains, north to Great Slave Lake, and south to eastern Mexico, breeding from the Gulf States ; (A. 0. U.) Adult: Crown, chestnut rufous; forehead, blackish, with a spot of gray on the centre joining base of culmen; a grayish superciliary stripe and a narrow black line extending from the eye back- wards; bill, mostly black; under parts, ashy, shading into whitish on throat and belly; back, streak- ed with black, dull rufous and grayish brown; greater and middle wing coverts, narrowly tipped with white; rump, ashy or grayish, sometimes streaked; primaries and tail feathers, dusky brown, with very narrow pale edges; sexes, similar. Young birds have the crown streaked like the back (without ru- fous) and the breast and sides streaked with dusky. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .35. The Chipping Sparrow or " Chippy," as it is often called, is one of our most familiar birds. It is a common summer resident in Illinois and Wisconsin, arriving in April and leaving for the south in October. It is a cheerful but not a particularly good songster, the usual notes being a rather long trill combined with the familiar and oft repeated chip. It breeds in May and June. The nest is in a tree or
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