Plate XXV. Male and Female.
Hind toe and claw of equal length; upper parts yellowish-grey,
streaked with brownish-black and brownish-red; on the head three
greyish-blue longitudinal bands; quills dusky brown, margined with
brownish-red, tail-feathers dull light brown, edged with lighter;
sides of the head yellowish-grey, with two bands of dusky brown;
throat white, with a broad band of dusky brown on each side; lower
parts white, the fore neck and sides tinged with reddish, and streaked
with dusky brown. Bill stouter than in the preceding species.
_Male_, 6, 8-1/2.
Breeds from Texas to Nova Scotia. Not observed in Kentucky. Winter
resident in the Southern States. Very abundant.
Fringilla melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 125.
Fringilla melodia, Bonap. Syn. p. 108.
Common Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
486.
Song Sparrow, Fringilla melodia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 126;
v. v. p. 507.