400 



SPAKROWS AND FINCHES. 



453. ACADIAN SHARP-TAILED 

 SPARROW. 



Differs from last in being larger, paler 

 and in having indistinct streakings, espe- 

 cialU' below. Breeds on Atlantic coast of 

 British Provinces from north of St. Lawrence 

 southw^ard, occasionally to coast of Me. 



FiM. 817 



454. SAVANNAH SPARROW. 



Wings, long; tail, short and square, 

 5.75; gray above, white beneath, streaked 

 everywhere with sharply defined black lines; 

 line from bill over e^-e, yellow, crown with 

 central line, figr. 317. Eastern N. A., breed- 

 ing from Middle States north to Hudson 

 Bay, more commonly in N. E. (excepting in 

 Connecticut Valley) on coast. Winters, from 



