. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . brownish gray, the. back streaked with blackish ; crown and ear-coverts chestnut with median stripe white or butfy ; bkck and white streaks on side of head, bordering the chestnut patch, also a black streak along each side of throat; a small black spot on middle of chest ; tail dark brown, all but middle feathers tipped with white ; under paits white, with a small black spot on : Upper parts butfy; head without chestnut crown or patches or black and white streaks; ches
. Birds of California; an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands . brownish gray, the. back streaked with blackish ; crown and ear-coverts chestnut with median stripe white or butfy ; bkck and white streaks on side of head, bordering the chestnut patch, also a black streak along each side of throat; a small black spot on middle of chest ; tail dark brown, all but middle feathers tipped with white ; under paits white, with a small black spot on : Upper parts butfy; head without chestnut crown or patches or black and white streaks; chest streaked with Distrihution: Western United States east to Great Plains and Middle Texas, south to Mexico, north to British Breeding Range: Upper Sonoran zone, chiefly in interior valkys west of the Sierra Season : May and : Of dried grasses, plant stems, and fibres; placed on the ground, or in bushes and ^ggs: 3 to 6 ; white or pale bluish or brownish, speckled and lined, chiefly on the larger end, with black and brown. Size X The Lark Sparrow is one of the sweetestsingers, as well as one of the most abundant ofthe W^estern sparrows. W^alking along the ^^country roadside at any hour of the day duringApril, May, or June, one is likely to hear agush of silvery notes accompanied by a metallictremolo, and lind the singer swinging on a weed 552 a. WesternLakk Sparrow. The singer.^^ ^22 LAND BIRDS stalk or on a low bush, ruffling his little throat with acontinuous flow of music. Or he may be caught dancingbefore his demure brown sweetheart, ecstatically pouringout melody. It is difficult to go anywhere in the inte-rior valleys of California and not see liim. His stripedhead and white-bordered tail and sweet song are thecharacteristics by which you may identify him. His nest is usually well hidden, either on the groundor in low bushes, and in going to it he skulks throughthe intervening foliage in a s
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