FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.
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never hopping. It comes in flocks, sometimes with other birds. 71. LONGSPUR. Calmrlus lapponicus, Length, 6^ inches. Upperparts buff and chestiuit, streaked Avith black underparts and outer tail-feathers white nail of hind toe very long. Otherwise like the Snowbird.
LAPLAND
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T^. BAY-WING GRASS FINCH. VESPER SPARROW. Pooeaetes grajnineus. — Length, 6 (jrayish brown above underparts l)uff and streaked white wing coverts bright red-brown with black all over except on throat and belly summer bird, winterouter tail-feathers white. ing in the Southern States. He inhabits fields and grass land, and lives on the ground, but is not, like the two preceding species, averse to perching on
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SPARROW.
IPSWICH
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Ammodramus
Pale ashy brown, 6J inches. streaked above white and little streaked underneath a yellow spot in front of the eye, and one on the bend of the Aving a white line over the eye no red-brown on wing coverts. seashore sparrow, wintering here and breeding to the north.
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SAVANNA SPARROW.
74.
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Ammodramus
sandwichensis savanna. Length, 5| inches. Brown above underparts white, much streaked with black and red-brown tail blackish forehead black with a narrow light line in the middle.. This sparrow is common in summer, being found in fields and grass land, particularly at the seashore.
75. YELLOW-WINGED OR GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. Amino draimcs savarmarum
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Yellowish buff; passerinus. Length, 5^ inches. wing coverts greenish yellow top of head black with a light middle line back of head chestnut back marked and streaked with black underparts not marked; tail-feathers pointed. Female with breast and sides streaked. small, chunky sparrow, winter;
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