PINE-WOODS SPAEEOW. 



575. Peucaea aestivalis. 5% inches. 



Upper parts streaked with black; back chestnut and 

 gray; underparts buffy white; tail rounded. 



These dull colored birds are abundant on some of 

 the southern pine barrens. Their habits are similar to 

 those of the Henslow Sparrow; they are quite shy and 

 it is almost impossible to make one show itself above 

 the grass, through which U runs and dodges with great 

 swiftness. If it is surprised into taking wing it goes 

 but a few feet, then drops out of sight again. 



Note. A metallic chip; song similar to that of the 

 Field Sparrow, but reversed, that is with the trill 

 first. 



Nest. Of grasses on the ground, under shrubs or in 

 tufts of grass; not usually arched as those of Bach- 

 man Sparrow seem to always be; four or five pure 

 white eggs (.72x.60). 



Eange. Georgia and Florida. 575a. Bachman Spar- 

 row (bachmannii) is brighter above but has fewer 

 black streaks; found in the South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States and north to Indiana. 



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