Plate CXXXIX. Male.
Bill light brownish-red; upper part of the head chestnut-red; anterior
part of the back streaked with dusky, bright chestnut, and
yellowish-grey; a faint ring on the neck, a band over the eyes, and
the throat pale bluish-grey; rump yellowish-grey; quills and tail
dusky brown, the former margined with light red, the latter with
yellowish-grey, lower parts greyish-white, the sides of the neck and
body, and the fore part of the breast, tinged with yellowish-brown.
_Male_, 6, 8.
From Texas to Maryland, in Kentucky and the intermediate parts, during
winter. Breeds from Maryland to Maine. Abundant.
Field Sparrow, Fringilla pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p.
121.
Fringilla pusilla; Bonap. Syn. p. 110.
Field or Rush Sparrow, Fringilla juncorum, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
499.
Field Sparrow, Fringilla pusilla, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
229.