. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. 350d. Macoillivbay's Seaside Sparrow. Patterherhului maritimui macgillivrai. of South Carolina. Like Ranfe.—Coast ,1 fl»heri but grayer DrsKV Sparhi»«. hulut nigrftcrn*. I'aiterher- WhltP Siie .80 X .60. Range.—Marshes of Indian River near Titus- vine, Florida. This species Is the darkest of tlie genus, both above and below, being nearly black on the upperparta. Their habits ar
. The Canadian bird book [microform] : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds : also several hundred photographs of their nest and eggs. Oiseaux; Birds. THE BIRD BOOK. 350d. Macoillivbay's Seaside Sparrow. Patterherhului maritimui macgillivrai. of South Carolina. Like Ranfe.—Coast ,1 fl»heri but grayer DrsKV Sparhi»«. hulut nigrftcrn*. I'aiterher- WhltP Siie .80 X .60. Range.—Marshes of Indian River near Titus- vine, Florida. This species Is the darkest of tlie genus, both above and below, being nearly black on the upperparta. Their habits are like those of the others and the eggs are not likely to differ. o.'sa. Lark Sparrow. Chondeitei gramma- cut grammactt*. Range.—Mtoslssippi Valley from the Plains Lark Sparrow ^^ Illinois and casually farther east, and from Manitoba to Texas; winters In Mexico. This handsome Sparrow has the sides of the crown and ear patches chestnut, and the sides of the throat and a spot on the breast, black. They are sweet singers and vrry welcome birds In their range, where they are quite abund&ut. Their nests are g( f rally placed on the ground in the midst of or under a clump of weeds or tuft of grass, but sometimes in bushes or even trees; they are made of grasses and weeds and the eggs, which are usually laid in May. are white marked chiefly •bout the Urge end with blackish sigzag lines and spots. » 3S2a. Western Lark Sparrow. ChonHfitei grammaiut utrifratun. I^Qge.—United SUtes west of the Plains; breeds from British Columbia to Mexico. T^'is paler and duller colored variety Is com- mon on the Paciflc coast; its habits and nests and eggs are like those of the last. 56S. Harris's Sparrow. Zonotrichia querula. Range.—Mississippi Valley, chiefly west, breeding in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the exact range being unknown. Although the birds are abundant during migrations, they seem to suddenly and strangely disappear during the breeding season. Sup- posed nests have bee
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