. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Chestnut-collared Longspur PERCHING BIRDS 540. Vesper Sparrow. Poacetesgra in ineus gra in in cus. Range.—Eastern United States, breeding fromVirginia and Missouri north to .Manitoba andNew Brunswick; winters in the southern halfof the United States. A streaked grayish, buffy and white bird distinguished by its chestnut shoulders and white outer tail feathers. They are abundant birds in eastern fields where their loud piping whistle is knownu
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Chestnut-collared Longspur PERCHING BIRDS 540. Vesper Sparrow. Poacetesgra in ineus gra in in cus. Range.—Eastern United States, breeding fromVirginia and Missouri north to .Manitoba andNew Brunswick; winters in the southern halfof the United States. A streaked grayish, buffy and white bird distinguished by its chestnut shoulders and white outer tail feathers. They are abundant birds in eastern fields where their loud piping whistle is knownu 111S to many frequenters of weedy pastures. They build on the ground, eitherin grassy or cultivated fields, Lining the hollowscantily with grasses. Their four or five eggsare usually laid in May or June; they are dullwhitish, blotched and splashed with lightbrown and lavender tints; size .80 x .60. 540a. Western Vespeh Sparrow. Pooecetes gramineus confinis. Range.—This paler variety is found in North America west of the Plains andsouth of Saskatchewan. Its nesting habits are like those of the preceding and the eggs are indistin-guishable. KAL
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