PINE-WOODS SPARROW. 
575. Peucewa estivalis.. 5°%4 inches. 
Upper parts streaked with black; back chestnut and 
gray; under parts buffy white; tail rounded. 
These dull-colored birds are abundant on some of the 
southern pine barrens. ‘Their habits are similar to those 
of the Henslow Sparrow; they are quite shy and it is 
almost impossible to make one show itself above the 
grass, through which it runs and dodges with great 
swiftness. If it is surprised into taking wing it goes 
but a few feet, then drops out of sight again. 
Note.—A metallic chip; song, similar to that of the 
Field Sparrow, but reversed; that is, with the trill first. 
Nest.—-Of grasses, on the ground, under shrubs or in 
tufts of grass; not usually arched as those of Bachman 
Sparrow seem to always be; four or five pure white eggs 
(.72 x .60). 
Range.—Georgia and Florida. 575a. Bachman Spar- 
row (bachmannii) is brighter above but has fewer black 
streaks; found in the South Atlantic and Gu'f States 
and north to Indiana. 
