. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Tree Sparrow tail like all of the genus (Spiz^Ua), and is decidedly larger thanthe summer chippy (No. 32). (Winter Chippy.) Lenfjtii, OJ ; wins, .{ (2^-3J) ; tail, 2; ; tarsus, J ; culmen, ;. NorthAmerica, from the Plains eastward ; brtedin^ nortli of tiie Inited States,and wintering throuiih mostof the eastern United States. 32. Chipping Sparrow(560. Spizi^Un sovialis).— A common, small,e h e s t nut- c r o w n e d,streaky-backed sparrow,with whitish under partsand lin
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Tree Sparrow tail like all of the genus (Spiz^Ua), and is decidedly larger thanthe summer chippy (No. 32). (Winter Chippy.) Lenfjtii, OJ ; wins, .{ (2^-3J) ; tail, 2; ; tarsus, J ; culmen, ;. NorthAmerica, from the Plains eastward ; brtedin^ nortli of tiie Inited States,and wintering throuiih mostof the eastern United States. 32. Chipping Sparrow(560. Spizi^Un sovialis).— A common, small,e h e s t nut- c r o w n e d,streaky-backed sparrow,with whitish under partsand line over the notched tail, blackbill aiul forehead, and(even in the young) slaty-gray rump are all ^^^^^^ Sj points of importance in the determination of this species, as,in the autumn, the crown loses its bright chestnut color andbecomes more or less streaked. This bird is one of the mostquiet, familiar, and trustful frequenters of our dooryards and. FAM. XIII. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 131 can readily be induced to eat out of our hands. Such song asit has is an insect-like Repetition of its common name of chippy.(Chippy; Hair-bird.) Length, 5|; wing, 2| (2|-2 J) ; tail, 2|; tarsus, f ; culmen, f. EasternUnited States,; breeding from the Gulf States to Great Slave Lake, andwintering from the Gulf States to Mexico. 33. Clay-colored Sparrow (561. Spiz^lla pdllida). — A small,western, pale-colored sparrow, with much gray in its plumage,giving it its common name. Backbrownish-gray; under parts whitesoiled with gray; sides of headbrown, with irregular black andwhitish markings; crown with apale medium stripe; rump broAvn-ish-gray and not slaty-gray. Inhabits it is like the chippingsparroAv but not so confiding andtrustful.
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