. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 44 BIRDS OF AMERICA Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Usually placed in low thick bushes, or in tufts of grass on the ground, in clearings, or bushy fields, near woodland ; constructed of coarse grass, weed strips, and rootlets, lined with finer grasses and hair. Eggs : 3 to 5, grayish or bluish white spotted with various shades of brown, more heavily around large end. Distribution.— Eastern North America, west to the edge 01 tlic Great Plains; breeding from upper Georgia and South Carolina, northwestern Florida, central .-Mabama, and Mississippi, and central
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 44 BIRDS OF AMERICA Nest and Eggs.— Nest : Usually placed in low thick bushes, or in tufts of grass on the ground, in clearings, or bushy fields, near woodland ; constructed of coarse grass, weed strips, and rootlets, lined with finer grasses and hair. Eggs : 3 to 5, grayish or bluish white spotted with various shades of brown, more heavily around large end. Distribution.— Eastern North America, west to the edge 01 tlic Great Plains; breeding from upper Georgia and South Carolina, northwestern Florida, central .-Mabama, and Mississippi, and central northward to Maine. Ontario, Manitoba ; wintering in more southern United States, from Florida to Texas, northward to about 39°, occasionally farther. The Field Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, and Tree Sparrow resemble one another nearly enough to the or hasty observer. Sharp eyes, intelligently used, how- ever, will reveal certain characteristic marks. Look for the reddish bill and the plain breast of the Field Sparrow; the -a'liitc stripe over each eye, the almost pure ichite breast and the (/ray rump of the Chippy, and the dark spot in the middle of the breast of the Tree Sparrow. The popular specific term " field," is a little misleading as applied to this bird, for its favorite habitat is an old pasture-lot overgrown with weeds and high bushes, or undergrowth along. Photo by S. .-v. Lottndge NEST AND EGGS OF FIELD SPARROW the edges of woodland, rather than cultivated fields, in which it is rarely seen. Nor does it ajipear, except by accident, in dooryards of human habitations. This Sparrow's habits of running along the ground and skulking through the brush are characteristics which aid in its indentification, and which at the same time reveal its retiring and timid disposition. Its song is a simple but musical little ditty of which Thoreau says: " The Rush Sparrow [a local name for the bird in his time, and one still sometimes
Size: 1833px × 1364px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorpearsont, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookyear1923
