88 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



PASSERCULUS SAJ'ANNA. [U'ils.) 

 Savanxa Sparrow. 



Adult Male. — General plumage streaked with blackish and bay; 

 below, buff, streaked with dusky and brown ; edge of the wings and 

 superciliary line, yellowish. 



Length 5.30, wing 2.60, tail 2.20. 



I include this species provisionally, never having taken it in the 

 Bahamas. One Sunday afternoon in January, while walking through 

 a field at Long Bay Key, Andros Island, I observed a number of 

 small Sparrows flitting about in the grass. Unfortunately, I had no 

 o-un, but approaching them as near as they would allow, I made 

 them out to be P. savanna. I never met with it afterwards, but 

 there is no reason why it should not visit these islands, as it has 

 been recorded from Cuba. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. III. pi. 160. 



PASSER DOMESTICUS. Linn. 

 English Sparrow. 



Adult Male. — Above, grayish brown; upper part of the back 

 streaked with black, tawny, and rufous; a patch of chestnut on the 

 side of the head ; cheeks and side of the throat, dull white ; crown, 



