WOODLAND BIRDS. 



53 



No. 54. 

 Genus: Ammodramus. 



IPSWICH SPARROW. 



Species: A. princeps. 



Distribution: 



Breeds on Sable Island, a fall and spring migrant, 

 "wintering on coast of Massachusetts and southward. 



Date of Arrival: 

 Late March. 



A few 



Date of Departure: 

 Late October. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish ash streaked with darker ; under parts 

 white, breast and flanks faintly streaked with buff and dusky. 

 Bill dark, feefpale. Length about 6.25. 



Song and Other Notes: 



While with us a clear chirp. 



Haunts: 



Sand dunes and beaches of our coast. 



