Painted

1912

Published

1932

Volume

9

Plate

574

Bell Sparrow

Amphispiza belli

In the hot, dry plains these Sparrows are often the only form of life visible. How they exist with only dew for water supply is a mystery.

BREEDING

RANGE

Valleys and foothills of California, west of Sierra Nevada, south to Lower California.

Mimosa

Leucaena greggii

A small tree found in ravines of western Texas.

bell-sparrow