. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. TRi:i: SPARROW. Sl' A Ch\r. Above, streaked with l)lack, bay. and buff; rrowii clKstmit, soinctiiiics tlie ftailicis tiij^ed witli asliy ; sides of lieatl ami neck asliy , line Oom beiiind eyes chestnut ; \vini;s witli two wliite bars; edges of tail- fcatiiers wiiite ; below, dull white, breast and tiiroat tin:;ed with ash ; spot of brown on the breast; Hanks shaded with brown. Length ^1*4 inches. Nist. (Jn t
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. TRi:i: SPARROW. Sl' A Ch\r. Above, streaked with l)lack, bay. and buff; rrowii clKstmit, soinctiiiics tlie ftailicis tiij^ed witli asliy ; sides of lieatl ami neck asliy , line Oom beiiind eyes chestnut ; \vini;s witli two wliite bars; edges of tail- fcatiiers wiiite ; below, dull white, breast and tiiroat tin:;ed with ash ; spot of brown on the breast; Hanks shaded with brown. Length ^1*4 inches. Nist. (Jn the ground or in a low bush ; made of grass, twigs, ami roots. — sometimes cemented with mud, — lined witli hair or fiatlieis. A;%'' 4-5; pale green or greenish blue, spotted witiireddish l)rown ; X This handsome winter Sparrow arrives from the northern regions in New ICngland about the close of October, withcb'aw- ing from Hudson IJay and the neighl)oring countries some- time in the month of September. The species conseciuently, like many more of our Fn'//i;i7/tis, only measures its s])eed by the resources of subsistence it is able to obtain, and thus straggling southward as the winter advances, it enters Pennsyl- vania only about the beginning of November; there, as well :i> in the maritime jiarts of Massachusetts, and perhaps as fir south as Virginia, tlie Tree Sparrow is often associated with the hardy Snow Hirds, gleaning a similar kind of subsistence: and when the severity of winter commences, leaving the wooils. gardens, and uplands in which it is an occasional visitor, it seeks in company the shelter of some bushy swamp, thi( kly shaded brook, or spring. Near Fresh Pond, in this vicinity,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thom
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