Painted

1912

Published

1932

Volume

9

Plate

574.1-574.1a-574.1b

Sage Sparrow

Amphispiza nevadensis nevadensis

Henshaw found small flocks frequently in the sagebrush of desolate plains. They were very shy, running with great agility, their motions so quick that they might be mistaken for mice but the perpendicular position of the tail betrayed them.

BREEDING

RANGE

Sagebrush plains of western United States.

Gray Sage Sparrow

Amphispiza nevadensis cinerea

BREEDING

RANGE

West Lower California.

California Sage Sparrow

Amphispiza nevadensis canescens

BREEDING

RANGE

Eastern California and extreme western Nevada.

Artemisia Bigelowii

Artemisia bigelowii

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