Plate CIV. Male.
Bill with the upper mandible blackish-brown; upper part of the head
bright chestnut-red, part of forehead black; anterior part of the back
streaked with dusky, bright chestnut, and yellowish-grey; a faint ring
on the neck, a band over the eyes, the throat, and fore part of the
breast, pale bluish-grey; rump bluish-grey, streaked with dusky;
quills and tail dusky brown, the former margined with light red, the
latter with yellowish-grey; two white bands on the wing; breast and
sides pale grey, inclining to white. This species closely resembles
the last in colour, but may be distinguished by the black on the
forehead, and the dusky colour of the bill.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 8.
Abundant throughout the United States. Winter resident in all the
Southern States. Not seen in Texas, Nova Scotia, or Labrador.
Chipping Sparrow, Fringilla socialis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 127.
Fringilla socialis, Bonap. Syn. p. 109.
Chipping Sparrow, Fringilla socialis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 497.
Chipping Sparrow, Fringilla socialis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 21; v. v. p. 517.