Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



542. Sandwich Sparrow (Passerculus sandwtcbensis ). 

 L. 5.7; W. 2.9 A yellow line from the bill passing 

 over the eye; bend of wing usually tinged with yellow. 

 Ads. Above streaked with black, chestnut and brown- 

 ish gray; below white, (buffy in fall and winter), 

 breast and sides streaked with black, the streaks nar- 

 rowly margined with chestnut. Notes. Doubtless re- 

 semble those of No. 542a. 



Range. — Northwest coast; breeds in western Alaska; winters south 

 to northern California. 



542a. Savanna Sparrow {P. s. savanna). Similar 

 to No. 542, but smaller, W. 2.7; yellow line over eye 

 shorter and less pronounced; bill smaller. Notes. Call 

 a sharp tsip, frequently uttered; song, a weak, musical 

 little trill following a grasshopperlike introduction, 

 tsip, tsip, isip, se-e-e-sW-r-r. (Dwight.) 



Range. — Eastern Nortli America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 northern New Jersey (rarely), eastern Long Island, and Missouri 

 north to Labrador and western Hudson Bay; winters from Virginia 

 and southern Illinois to Cuba and Mexico. 



542b. Western Savanna Sparrow (P.s. alaudinus). 

 Similar to No. 542a, but bill more slender, color aver- 

 aging paler, the yellow line not passing over the eye, 

 less evident before it and often wholly wanting. 



Range. — Western North America from the Plains west to the Si- 

 erra; breeds from Mexico City north to Alaska; winters from south- 

 ern California southward. 



542c. Bryant Marsh Sparrow (P. s. bryanti). 

 Similar to No. 542b, but smaller, W. 2.6; colors much 

 darker, streaks below heavier; yellow over eye more 

 pronounced. A darker bird even than No. 542a, but 

 with the bill slender as in No. 542b. 



Range. — Resident in salt marshes about San Francisco and Mont- 

 erey Bay; winters south to San Pedro v Grinnell) ; casually to Mexico 

 City. (Ridgw.) 



543. Belding Sparrow {Passerculus beldingi). L. 5; 

 W. 2.5. Ads. Similar to No. 542c, but somewhat 

 smaller, above darker and with a slight olive caste; un- 

 derpays more heavily streaked. 



Range. — Pacific Coast; salt marshes from Todos Santos Island, 

 Lower California, north to Santa Barbara. 



544. Large-billed Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus). 

 L. 5.5; W. 2.6. Bill stout, upper mandible curved; no 

 yellow before eye or on bend of wing. Ads. Above 

 grayish brown marked with brown and blackish but 

 without well-defined streaks; below white, breast and 

 sides streaked with grayish brown, the streaked 

 feathers centrally blackish. 



Range. — Coast of southern California north to Santa Barbara; win- 

 ters south to Cape St. Lucas and northwestern Mexico. 



544a. St. Lucas Sparrow (P. r. guttatus). Simi- 

 lar to No. 544, but.smaller, W. 2.5; bill more slender; 

 upperparts brownish 4, ray with an olive tint and streak- 

 ed with darker; similar to No. 544c, but smaller, upper- 

 parts more olive and more widely, but less sharply 

 streaked. 



Range. — Cape Region of Lower California in winter; breeding 

 range unknown. 



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