238 Birds of Xokth Carolina 



3. No yellow spot before eye. See 4. 



3. A yellow spot before eye. See 5. 



4. Colors of upperparts sharply contrasted; chest usuaUj- deep buffy, not decidedly streaked. 



\chon's Sparrow. 



4. Colors of upperparts not sharply contrasted; chest often nearly white, sharply streaked with 



blackish. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



5. Breast and flanks streaked with bluish gray; upperparts greenish ohve, margined with bluish 



gray. .Seo.siWe Sparrow. 

 .'). Breast and flanks streaked with dusky. Sec 6. 



G. I'jjperparts deep black margined with olive. M acqillivray' s Seaside Sparrow. 

 ('). Upperparts dull black margined with greeni.sh olive. Scott's Scanide Sparrow. 



226. Passerherbulus henslowi henslowi {Ami). Henslow's Spahuow. 



Description: Ads. — Top and sides of head and nape dull, pale olive-green, more bufTy in the 

 fall; sides of crown black; nape finely .streaked with black; back rufou.s-brown, the feathers with 

 narrow, central, wedge-shaped, black streaks, and narrow ashy margins; bend of wing pale yellow, 

 wing-coverts, much like back; tail-fealliers very narrow and sharply pointed, middle feathers 

 rufou.s-brown, the outer ones much the shortest; underparts white, more or less wa.shed with 

 buffv and streaked with black on the lireast anil sides. Nestlings have no spots on the breast. 

 L., r,.00; W., 2.20; T., 2.00; B., .42. 



Remarks. — The peculiar olivaceous color of the head and nape, and the bright rufous-brown 

 color of the back, wing-coverts, and middle tail-feathers, are the best distinguishing marks of 

 this species. (Chap., Birds of E. A'. A.) 



Range. — -Eastern United States, west to edge of Great Plains; winters in Gulf States. 



Range in North Carolina. — So far, only knowii as a spring migrant at Raleigh and W'eaverville. 



Fia. 187. IIenslow's Si'.ahuuw. 



Henslow's Sparrow is a i)ii-(l of imicli tlic .saiiic general form a.s tiic Cirasshopper 

 Sparrow, but of a more ImlTy color. It ha.s been taken in this State only at Weaver- 

 ville, in Buncombe County, where a single specimen was killed liv Cairns .April 19, 

 1800; and at Raleigh, from which place it has jieen recorded by II. H. and C. S. 

 Brimlcy in seven different years, the earliest being 1893 and the latest 1909. Nine 

 specimens in all were taken at various dates l)etween ]\Iarch 18 and May 3. These 

 were found mainly in dry fields. Imt a few were located along tiie edges of marshes. 



227. Passerherbulus lecontei {Ami.). Leconte's Sp.\rrow. 



Description: Ads.- — Xo yellow before the eye or on the bend of the wing; a broad ochraceous- 

 buff line over the eye, and a cream-lmtl' line through the center of the blackish crown; nape rufous- 

 brown, each feather with a small black central spot and an ashy border; l)ack black, the feathers 

 margined first by rufous, then crc.-ini-bulT and whitish; tail grayish brown, with a slight rufous 

 tinge, darker along the shaft, the feathers narrow and sharply pointetl, tlie t)uter ones much the 

 shortest; breast and sides tinged with butTv, and more or less streaked with black; belly white. 

 L., 5.00; \V., 2.00; T., 2.05; B., .35. (Chap., Birds oj E. .V. A.) 



Range. — Circat Plains and more western prairies, wintering on the Gulf coast, casually in 

 winter and the migrations to tlic South Atlantic States. 



Range in North Carolina. — So far, known only a.s a straggler at Raleigh. 



