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Clay-coloured Sparrow

Spizella pallida (Swains.)

Closely resembling the preceding species; the upper parts are colder in colour, and the under parts lighter.

Breeding Range--From northern Illinois westward.

The nest is of grass and hair, and is placed in low bushes or on the ground, near brush or at the edge of woods. The eggs, from 3 to 6 in number, are similar to those of the chipping sparrow.