Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

DICKCISSEL.

604. Spiza americana. 6¼ inches.

The male is a prettily marked bird with a yellow line over the eye, on the side of the throat, edge of wing and front under parts; black patch on the breast, white throat and a bright chestnut patch on the wing. It is found rarely in Colorado and into southern California (not illustrated).