Length -- 5.5 to 7 inches. A little smaller than the English sparrow. Male -- Dusky olive above; head bluish gray, with a white line around the eye, spreading behind the eye into a patch. Beneath whitish, with yellow-green wash on the sides. Wings dusky olive, with two distinct white bars. Tail dusky, some quills edged with white. Female -- Similar, but her head is dusky olive. Range -- United States to plains, and the southern British provinces.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 6.50 inches. A trifle larger than the English sparrow. Male -- Dusky brownish olive above, darkest on head; paler on throat, lighter still underneath, and with a yellowish tinge on the dusky gray under parts. Dusky wings and tail, the wing coverts tipped with soiled white, forming two indistinct bars. Whitish eye-ring. Wings longer than tail. Female -- Similar, but slightly more buff underneath. Range -- Eastern North America, from Florida to northern British provinces.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 7 inches. About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Male and Female -- Dusky olive -- brown above darkest on head, Which is slightly crested. Wings and tail dusky, the outer edges of some tail feathers whitish. Dingy yellowish white underneath. Bill and feet black. Range -- North America, from Newfoundland to the South Atlantic States, and westward to the Rockies. Winters south of the Carolinas, into Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 7 to inches. About an inch longer than the English sparrow. Male and Female -- Dusky olive or grayish brown above; head darkest. Wings and tail blackish brown, the former sometimes, but not always, margined and tipped with dusky white. Throat yellowish white; other under parts slightly lighter shade than above. Olive-gray on sides. A tuft of yellowish-white, downy feathers on flanks. Bristles at base of bill.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 9 to 10 inches. About the size of the robin. Apparently much larger, because of its long wings and wide wingspread. Male -- A long-winged bird, mottled all over with reddish brown, grayish black, and dusky white; numerous bristles fringing the large mouth. A narrow white band across the upper breast. Tail quills on the end and under side white. Female -- Similar to male, except that the tail is dusky in color where that of the male is white. Band on breast buff instead of white.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》
Length -- 3.5 to 3.75 inches. A trifle over half as long as the English sparrow. The smallest bird we have. Male -- Bright metallic green above; wings and tail darkest, with ruddy-purplish reflections and dusky-white tips on outer tail quills. Throat and breast brilliant metallic -- red in one light, orange flame in another, and dusky orange in another, according as the light strikes the plumage. Sides greenish; underneath lightest gray, with whitish border outlining the brilliant breast. Bill long and needle-like. Female -- Without the brilliant feathers on throat; darker gray beneath.英文原著 · 《Bird Neighbors》