Perching Birds 





Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



544b. Lagoon Sparrow (P. r. balophilus). Similar 

 to No. 544a, but larger, W. 2.7, and darker; streaks on 

 chest with little if any brown edging; differing from No. 

 543, in more uniform coloration of upperparts, in less 

 narrow and decidedly blackish streaks on chest, etc. 



Range. — Salt marshes, Abreojos Point, Lower California. 



544c. San Benito Sparrow (P. r. sanctorum). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 544, but bill more slender; above grayer 

 (brownish gray) distinctly streaked with blackish, the 

 streaks margined with brown; below streaked with 

 black, the streaks narrowly margined with browmsh. 



Range.— Breeds on San Benito Island, Lower California; in winter 

 to Cape Region of Lower California. 



545. Baird Sparrow ( Coturmculus bairdii). L. 5.7. 

 Tail-feathers pointed, middle ones shortest, Ads. 

 Crown yellowish brown, streaked with black; back 

 black margined with chestnut and grayish; below 

 whitish, breast and sides streaked with black. In 

 fall and winter, colors richer. Notes. Song, "trick-e- 

 trik-eeeee-chiky-le-roit, with a peculiar tinkling utter- 

 ance." 



Range. — Great Plains; breeds from western Minnesota, North 

 Dakota, eastern Montana, north to Manitoba and Assiniboia; winters 

 south to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. (Ridgw.) 



546. Grasshopper Sparrow {Coturmculus savanna- 



rtimpasseruuis). L. 5.3. Line before eye orange; bend of 

 wing yellow, tail-feathers pointed. Ads. Crown black 

 with a buffy central stripe; nape chestnut and gray, 

 back black, chestnut buff and gray; below buffy, un- 

 streaked, belly whiter. Notes. Call, a sharp chip; 

 song, a weak, insect-like pit-tuck, ^ee-e-e-e-e-e-e. 



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

 the Gulf States to Massachusetts, Vermont, and Minnesota; winters 

 from North Carolina to Cuba and Mexico. 



546a. Western Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s. bi- 



maculatus). Similar to No. 546, but paler below and 

 with less black and more chestnut above. 



Range. — Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 

 breeds from Mexican border states north to Montana and British Col- 

 umbia; winters south into Mexico. 



546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s. florid- 

 anus). Similar to No. 546, but smaller, W. 3; darker 

 above, paler below; sides of crown almost solid 

 black; chestnut above largely replaced by black. 



Range. — Kissimmee Prairies. Florida. 



547. Henslow Sparrow (Ammodramus heuslowii). 

 L. 5. Bend of wing yellow; tail-feathers pointed, the 

 outer ones much the shortest. Ads. Crown and 

 nape pale olive-green streaked with blackish; back 

 bright reddish brown streaked with black and gray; 

 below white; breast and sides washed with buff and 

 streaked with black. Notes. Call, tee-wick; song, sis- 

 r r-rit-srit-srit. (Jouy.) 



Range.— Eastern North America; breeds locally, from Virginia and 

 Missouri, north to New Hampshire, southern Ontario and Minnesota; 

 winters from Virginia and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. 



547a. Western Henslow Sparrow {A. b. occidenta- 

 lism. Similar to No. 547, but paler, in summer little or 

 no buff below. 



Range.— Central western states; breeding, so far as known, in South 

 Dakota; in winter south to Texas. 



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