. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . t Streaks on upper parts finer, not so black . . lincolnii, p. Streaks on upper parts coarser and blacker . . striata, p. Chest not buffy. 2. Chest faintly if at all streaked . . . georgiana, p. Chest distinctly streaked. 3. Upper parts mainly pale rufous fallax, p. 357. 3. Upper parts hot pale rufous. 4. Upper parts sooty, rusty, brown, or Upper parts dark sooty or rusty. 6. Sooty, larger. Alaska; to Olympics in winter. r
. Handbook of birds of the western United States including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande valley . t Streaks on upper parts finer, not so black . . lincolnii, p. Streaks on upper parts coarser and blacker . . striata, p. Chest not buffy. 2. Chest faintly if at all streaked . . . georgiana, p. Chest distinctly streaked. 3. Upper parts mainly pale rufous fallax, p. 357. 3. Upper parts hot pale rufous. 4. Upper parts sooty, rusty, brown, or Upper parts dark sooty or rusty. 6. Sooty, larger. Alaska; to Olympics in winter. rufina, p. Rusty, smaller. 7. Bill larger; darker. Southern Alaska to Oregon ; to south-ern California in winter morphna, p. 358. smaller; lighter. Idaho to northern California; toMexico and Arizona in winter . merriUi, p. Upper parts brown or olive. 6. Larger; wing (male) Central valleys of Cali-fornia lieermanni, p. 357. ; wing (male) Santa Cruz to Humboldt County, California samuelis, p. 358. 4. Upper parts grayish. 5. Interscapulars streaked with black and 356 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 60 Wing (male) ; bill stouter. Atlantic watershed. melodia, p. Wing (male) ; bill more slender. Rocky Mountain plateau montana, p. 357. 5. Interscapulars without distinct brown streaks. 6. Larger ; wing (male) San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa Islands, California . clementae, p. 359. 6. Smaller; wing (male) Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz Islands, California graminea, p. 358. 581. Melospiza melodia (Wilson). Song Sparrow. Adults. — Crown brown, narrowly streaked with black and with a nar-row gray median stripe ; scapulars and interscapulars streaked with black ;wings and tail brown ; middle and greater wing covertsbrown, edged with lighter ; middle tail feathers withblackish shaft streaks; superciliary olive gray; malarstripe dull white or pale buffy ; under parts white ; chestwith we
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