DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 221 



on the coast; winters from 

 Fig. 290. 



CC, F, k, 1. 1-3. 



son Bay, more commonly in N. E. 

 the Carolinas to Fla. and 

 rarely in the Bahamas ; cas- 

 ually north to Mass. ; south 

 in Oct. ; north in April. 

 Flight, swift and darting, 

 but not direct; never takes 

 refuge in a thicket; runs 

 nimbly through grass where 

 it hides. Song, a series of feeble, grasshopper-like notes fol- 

 lowed by a low warble given as the bird perches at a slight 

 elevation. 



2. IPSWICH SPARKOW, P. PRINCEPS. Larger than 1, 

 6.25 ; inner secondaries longer, as long as primaries; paler, 

 about sand-color, with streakings not as well denned. Breeds 

 on Sable Island off Nova Scotia ; winters south to N. J., cas- 

 ually to Ga. ; south in Oct. ; north in April. Frequents the 

 sand dunes of the coast. Common. 



1. Bay-winged Sparrows. Poocaetes. 

 Differ from k in being grayer, having white outer tail 

 feathers, streakings below confined chiefly to breast, and 

 crown undivided. 



VESPER SPARROW, P. GRAMINEUS. 6.25; differs 

 from k, 1 in being much gray- 

 er and in showing the white 

 outer tail feathers in flight. 

 Breeds in eastern U. S. from 

 the Middle States north to 

 southern Canada, winters from 

 the Carolinas to Fla., rarely as 

 far north as Mass ; south in 

 Oct. ; north in April. Fre- 

 quents open fields and pastures 

 on uplands where there is scanty herbage; runs much on 

 ground ; unsuspicious. Song, given at an elevation, two short 



1. 



Fig. 291. 



CC, F, 1, 1. 1-4. 



