BAIRD SFARitOW. 



545. Ammodramus hairdi. 5% inches. 



Crown and nape brownish yellow streaked with black; 

 underparts white streaked on the throat, breast and 

 sides with blackish; tail slightly forked and the feathers 

 pointed. 



In summer the western plains and prairie ring with 

 the tinkling songs of these little Sparrows; they are 

 especially abundant in Dakota and Montana. 



GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



546. Ammodramus savannarum australls. 5^^ inches. 



Crown blackish Mith a central buffy stripe; nape 

 brown and gray; sides of head, breast and flanks, buffy 

 without streaks. 



Song". — A weak, insect-like "zee-e-e-e-e." 



Nest. — A grass-lined hollow in a field, with the top 

 arched over so as to keep off the sun and conceal the 

 eggs. In June four or five white, brown-specked eggs 

 are laid (.75 x .55) . 



Range. — U. S. east of the Rockies; winters in south- 

 ern U. S. 



546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (fioridanus), a 

 darker race found on the Dlains of interior Florida, 



