THE BIRD BOOK 



546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 Ammodramus savannarum fioridanus. 



Range. — Central Florida. 



A local form, darker above and paler below 

 tban the common species. Eggs not different 

 in any particular. 



Passerherbulus 



547. Henslow's Sparrow. 

 henslowi henslowi. 



Range. — United States east of the Plains, 

 breeding locally from Maryland and Missouri 

 north to Massachusetts and Minnesota. 



This species is similar in form and marking 

 to the last, but is olive green on the nape, and 

 the breast and sides are 

 streaked with blackish. Their 

 nesting habits are very sim- 

 ilar to those of the Grasshop- 

 per Sparrow, the nests being 

 difficult to find. The eggs 

 are greenish white, spotted 

 with reddish brown. Size .75x.55. 



White 



Sparrow 



547a. Western Henslow's Sparrow. Passerherbulus henslowi occidentalis. 



Range. — A paler and very local form found in the Plains in South Dakota and 



probably, adjoining states. Eggs not apt to differ from those of the preceding. 



548. Leconte's Sparrow. Passerherbulus lecontei. 



Range. — Great Plains, breeding from northern United States to Assiniboia; 

 winters south to Texas and the Gulf States. 



A bird of more slender form than the preceding, and with 

 a long, graduated tail, the feathers of which are very narrow 

 and pointed. They nest on the ground in damp meadows, but 

 the eggs are difficult to find 

 because the bird is flushed 

 from the nest with great diffi- 

 White culty. The eggs are white 



and are freely specked with brown. Size .70x.52. 



549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Passerher- 

 bulus caudacutus. 



Range. — Breeds in marshes along the Atlan- 

 tic coast from Maine to South Carolina and 

 winters farther south. 



These birds are very common in nearly all 

 the salt marshes of the coast, nesting in the 

 marsh grass. I have nearly always found their 

 nests attached to the coarse 

 marsh grass a few inches above 

 water at high tide, and generally 

 under apiece of drifted seaweed. 

 The nests are made of grasses, 

 and the four or five eggs are 

 whitish, thickly specked with White 



reddish brown. Size .75 x .55. The birds are 

 hard to flush and then fly but a few feet and 

 quickly drop into the grass again. Sharp- 



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