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

by Charles K. Reed

RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW.

580. Aimophila ruficeps. 5½ inches.

Slightly larger than the former, and the color more of a brown streaked with darker, and still more of a reddish brown on the crown. It is found throughout California along the coast to Lower California. They build on the ground, concealing their nest in a clump of grass or under some bush. They lay from three to five pale bluish white, unmarked eggs (.80 × .60).