_Spizella pallida. Case 6, Fig. 48_
The Clay-colored Sparrow resembles a winter
Chipping Sparrow, but is paler and has a white
line over the eye and a brownish rump. L. 5-1/2.
_Range._ Interior states east to Illinois; winters
from Texas southward. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl.
26-Oct. 19.
A Chipping Sparrow of the Plains which nests on the ground and in low
bushes. It is not common east of the Mississippi.