Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



544b. Lagoon Sparrow (P. r. lalophilus] . Similar 

 to No. 5443, but larger, W. 2.7, and darker; streaks on 

 chest with little if any brown edging; differing from No. 

 543, in more uniform coloration of upperparts, in less 

 narrow and decidedly blackish streaks on chest, etc. 



Range. Salt marshes, Abreojos Point, Lower California. 



544c. San Benito Sparrow (P. r. sanctorum). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 544, but bill more slender; above grayer 

 (brownish gray} distinctly streaked with blackish, the 

 streaks margined with brown; below streaked with 

 black, the streaks narrowly margined with brownish. 



Range. Breeds on San Benito Island, Lower California; In winter 

 to Cape Region of Lower California. 



545. Baird Sparrow (Coturniculusbairdit). L. 5.7. 

 Tail-feathers pointed, middle ones shortest, Ads. 

 Crown yellowish brown, streaked with black; back 

 black margined with chestnut and grayish; below 

 whitish, breast and sides streaked with black. In 

 fall and winter, colors richer. Notes. Song, "trick-e- 

 trik-eeeee-chiky-le-roit, with a peculiar tinkling utter- 

 ance." 



Range. Great Plains; breeds from western Minnesota, North 

 Dakota, eastern Montana, north to Manitoba and Assiniboia; winters 

 south to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. (Ridgw.) 



546. Grasshopper Sparrow (Coturniculus sa-vanna- 

 rumpasserinus}. L. 5.3. Line before eye orange; bend of 

 wing yellow; tail-feathers pointed. Ads. Crown black 

 with. a buffy central stripe; nape chestnut and gray\ 

 back black, chestnut buff and gray; below buffy, un- 

 streaked, belly whiter. Notes. Call, a sharp drip\ 

 song, a weak, insect-like pit-tuck, ^ee-e-e-e-e-e-e. 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 

 the Gulf States to Massachusetts, Vermont, and Minnesota; winters 

 from North Carolina to Cuba and Mexico. 



546a. Western Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s. bi- 



maculatus). Similar to No. 546, but paler below and 

 with less black and more chestnut above. 



Range. Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 

 breeds from Mexican border states north to Montana and British Col- 

 umbia; winters south into Mexico. 



546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s. florid- 

 anus]. Similar to No. 546, but smaller, W. 3; darker 

 above, paler below; sides of crown almost solid 

 black; chestnut above largely replaced by black. 



Range. Kissimmee Prairies, Florida. 



547. Henslow Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii). 

 L. 5. Bend of wing yellow; tail-feathers pointed, the 

 outer ones much the shortest. Ads. Crown and 

 nape pale olive-green streaked with blackish; back 

 bright reddish brown streaked with black and gray; 

 below white; breast and sides washed with buff and 

 streaked with black. Notes. Call, tee-wick', song, sis- 

 r r-rit-srit-srit. (Jouy.) 



Range. Eastern North America; breeds locally, from Virginia and 

 Missouri, north to New Hampshire, southern Ontario and Minnesota; 

 winters from Virginia and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. 



547a. Western Henslow Sparrow (A. I. occidenta- 

 lis]. Similar to No. 547, but paler, in summer little or 

 no buff below. 



Range. Central western states; breeding, so far as known, in South 

 Dakota; in winter south to Texas. 



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