. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . arker; be-neath, cinnamon-buff; streaks on breast and sides, broad andnumerous, fig. 339 ; outer tail feathers, nearly white. Breeds Fig. 339. from Newfoundland and mountains of Coloradonorthward; winters fromthe Carolinas southwardto M e X i c o . Commonduring migration, espec-ially near the coast ;south in Sep. and- Oct.:north in May. FrequentsCC, K, b, 1. 1-3. open fields and marshes, and bea*ies. Gregarious. Call, a low, double note. Flight, undulating and erratic. 2. MEADOW PIPIT, A. peatensis. Differs from 1 inbeing greenish above an
. Directory to the birds of Eastern North America .. . arker; be-neath, cinnamon-buff; streaks on breast and sides, broad andnumerous, fig. 339 ; outer tail feathers, nearly white. Breeds Fig. 339. from Newfoundland and mountains of Coloradonorthward; winters fromthe Carolinas southwardto M e X i c o . Commonduring migration, espec-ially near the coast ;south in Sep. and- Oct.:north in May. FrequentsCC, K, b, 1. 1-3. open fields and marshes, and bea*ies. Gregarious. Call, a low, double note. Flight, undulating and erratic. 2. MEADOW PIPIT, A. peatensis. Differs from 1 inbeing greenish above and below and in being more heavilystreaked above. Europe ; accidental in Greenland. 3. SPRAGUES PIPIT, A. bpragu bu Smaller than 1;bill, shorter; paler beneath with narrow streakings, very fewon sides; light edgings to feathers above paler. Breeds onthe interior plains of N. A. from eastern Montana north in-to Manitoba; winters in Tex., Mexico, and southern La.;rare in S. C. Flight song, a clear, harmonious melody, givenas the bird hovers high in DIKECTOUY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 1259 L. SWALLOWS. Hiruiuliniclae. Singing perchers modified for taking their food on thewing; bill, small, but with a very wide gape ; wings, long andpointed; feet, small. Eggs, white, with or without Martins. Prog^, nearly uniformly colored swallows; bill and feet,fig. 340, large; tail, somewhat 340. Fig. 341.
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