BAIRD SPARROW. 



545. Coturniciilus bairdii. 5% 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. Coturnicnlus savannarum australis. 5^/2 inches. 



Crown blackish with a central buffy stripe; nape 

 brown and gray; sides of head, breast and flanks, butfy 

 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 

 are laid (.75x.55). 



Range. U. S. east of the Rockies; winters in south- 

 ern U. S. 



546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (floridanus), a 

 darker rnoe found on the nlains of interior Florida. 



