542. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna 



SAVANNA SPARROW. 5 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above brownish striped ; line*pvet >Jke 

 eye yellow. Below white, much streaked with brown. c_,~.; 

 Familiar haunts, meadows and salt marshes, running in the giass 

 or keeping near the ground. Locally common in Massachusetts. 

 Arrives the middle of April. 



Song. Low and sweet, ending in a trill, rather insignificant. 

 Nest. On the ground in marshes and wet fields. 

 Breeds. Throughout New England. 



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