IPSWICH SPARROW. 
541. Passerculus princeps. 6%, inches. 
This species is larger and paler colored, but very sim- 
ilar to the more common and better known Savanna 
Sparrow. Its habits are the same. It breeds on Sable 
Island, Nova Scotia, and winters along the Atlantic 
coast to Virginia. 
SAVANNAH SPARROW. 
d42a. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. 5% inches. 
Breast and sides streaked with brownish, and yellow 
before the eye and also on bend of wing. 
These finches are very abundant in eastern U. 8. 
during migrations and a few remain in the northern 
parts through the summer. 
Song.—A weak trill or twitter: a short chip. 
Nest.—Of grasses in hollows in the ground and con- 
cealed by grass or weeds. The four grayish eggs are 
spotted with brown (oD) 52 5D) 
Range.—Winters in southern U. S.; breeds from 
northern U. §. northward. 542b. Western Savanna 
Sparrow (alaudinus) is found from the Plains west to 
the coast ranges. It is slightly paler. 
