BAIRD SPARROW. 
545. Ammodramus bairdi. 5°*4 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 australis. 51 inches. 
Crown blackish with 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 
Aen latdee (See 5))|s 
Range.—U. 8. east of the Rockies; winters in south- 
ern U.'S: 
546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (floridanus), a 
darker race found on the plains of interior Florida. 
