_Spizella pusilla pusilla. Case 4, Fig. 43; Case 5, Fig. 14_

The upperparts are brighter reddish brown than in
any of our other Sparrows, and the bill is
'pinker.' L. 5-1/2.

_Range._ Nests from northern Florida and central
Louisiana to Minnesota and Maine; winters from New
Jersey and Illinois to the Gulf States.

Washington, very common P.R. Ossining, common
S.R., Apl. 2-Nov. 7. Cambridge, common S.R., Apl.
12-Nov. 1; casual in winter. N. Ohio, abundant in
summer, Mch. 6-Oct. 25. Glen Ellyn, tolerably
common S.R., Mch. 27-Oct. 11. SE. Minn., common
S.R., Apl. 1-Dec. 28.

'Bush Sparrow,' Mr. Roosevelt always called this bird, and the name
gives a better conception of its haunts than that of Field Sparrow,
since it is found in bush-grown fields. From a bush-top it sings its
clearly whistled, sweet, appealing song, varying the relation of notes
and trills, but never their musical quality. In a bush also it nests,
laying 3-5 white eggs, marked with reddish brown, in May.

SLATE-COLORED JUNCO

_Junco hyemalis hyemalis. Case 2, Fig. 43; Case 4, Fig. 41_

The plumage of the female is tinged with brownish,
but the prevailing tone is slate-gray, unlike that
of any of our other Sparrows. The white outer-tail
feathers are conspicuously flashed in flight. L.
6-1/4.

_Range._ Nests from northern New England and
northern New York to Canada and southward in the
mountains to Pennsylvania; winters in all the
Eastern States. The Carolina Junco (_J. h.
carolinensis_), a slightly larger race without a
brownish tinge, nests in the higher parts of the
Alleghanies from Maryland to northern Georgia,
descending to the adjacent lowlands in winter.

Washington, abundant W.V., Sept. 26-May 12.
Ossining, common W.V., Sept. 19-May 4. Cambridge,
rather common W.V., abundant T.V., Sept. 20-Nov.
25; Mch. 20-Apl. 20. N. Ohio, abundant W.V., Oct.
2-May 5. Glen Ellyn, W.V., abundant spring and
fall, Aug. 30-May 13, SE, Minn., common T.V., Mch.
4-; Sept. 20-Nov. 12.

Gray skies and a snow-covered earth are the Junco colors, and when he
flashes them along the hedgerows and wood borders we know that although
it is only lat