

FRINGILLd 

 SAVANNAH SPARROW. 

 [Plate XXII. Fig. 3. Female.} 

 PEALE'S Museum, JVo. 6584. 



THIS new species is an inhabitant of the low countries on the 

 Atlantic coast, from Savannah, where I first discovered it, to 

 the State of New York; and is generally resident in these pla- 

 ces, though rarely found inland, or far from the sea shore. The 

 drawing of this bird was in the hands of the engraver before I 

 was aware that the male was so much its superior in beauty of 

 markings and in general colours. With the representation of the 

 male are given particulars of their nest, eggs, and manners. I 

 have found these birds numerous on the sea shore, in the state 

 of New Jersey, particularly near Great Egg harbour. A pair 

 of these I presented to Mr. Peale of this city, in whose noble 

 collection they now occupy a place. 



The female of the Savannah Sparrow is five inches and a half 

 long, and eight and a half in extent; the plumage of the back is 

 mottled with black, bright bay and whitish; chin white; breast 

 marked with pointed spots of black, edged with bay, running 

 in chains from each base of the lower mandible; sides touched 

 with long streaks of the same; temples marked with a spot of 

 delicate yellow; ear feathers slightly tinged with the same; 

 belly white, and a little streaked; inside of the shoulders and 

 lining of the wing pale yellowish; first and second rows of wing 

 coverts tipt with whitish; secondaries next the body pointed and 

 very black, edged also with bay; tail slightly forked, and with- 

 dut any- white feathers; legs pale flesh colour; hind claw pretty 

 long. 



