KIM ins. >I'AUU<>\VS, KTV. 



winter. Sin. rably common S. K., A j-l. 9 to Nov. 4. Cambridge, 



very ootui"i> >- 1> Ap!. ( >.-t. 15. 



!' rather COUMO graax, lined with finer gnuweft, rootlcU. and long 

 hair*, on the ground. A' : /:/. lour to five, bluish white or |>inkiiih white, 

 pecklvd and s|>tu-d with rut'.-u* brown "r innUT, l"v'J * -ill. 



Ill walking through dry upland fields or along dusty roadsides a 

 rather pull-, Mrcaki-d Sparrow will sometimes run rapidly ahead of 

 you, wait for you to rate h up. th.-n run ahead again. It is best to ) 

 content with what m, a>un- of his confidence and society he voluntarily 

 you, for, if you ipiickrn your steps and try to overtake him. he 

 will rise and bound on U-fore you or swing off to one side, showing, as 

 he tlies. the white feathers on either .side of his tail. 



Kreip-irntly he will alight on a fence rail or i-ven the higher branch 

 of a tree, for, although a field Sjarrow, he is by no means a purely ter- 

 .'. one. Wlu-n singing. hi> gi-nt-rally st-lwts an elevated perch and 

 gives himsdf ontin-ly to his musical devotions. Early morning and 

 late afternoon are his favorite hours, but he can be heard at other 

 t mi.-. His song, which is loud, clear, and ringing, may be heard at 

 a distance of several hundred yards It resembles that of the Song 

 Sparrow, but is sweeter and more plaintive. When heard in the even- 

 ing it is a truly inspired and inspiring melody. 



541. AmmodramuB princepa i .)/'!.'/ ".\ I raw K-II SPARROW. .(./. 



,ly with a jx)t ot^ulpliur-yt'llow Ix-t'orr tin- eye and on the IH-M.! of 

 the wintf ; uj>|tT part* pule- brownish ashy, *tn-nki.l <>n the head, back, and 

 up|*r tail-e>virt* with black and cinnamon-brown; the nape and rump with 

 few or no atreaka ; a white line over the eye ; winga grayish brown, outer 

 web* of greater covi-rts and tertials margined with pule uehnicvoua-buff; tail 

 grayish l>rwn, the outer weba of the feathers margined with brownish ashy ; 

 under part* white; breast and hides lightly streaked with bluekish and 

 us-buir. I... ;-J.'. ; W., :;H I; T.. -j _;. ; J{.,-40. 



Kanyt. Breeds on Sulile l^luml ; winters southward along the coant regu- 

 larly to Virginia and rarely to (ii-nrgia. 



'uliil.ri'L"-, enslial, "In- ill-' 



Those who care to visit in winter the bleak, wind-swept sand 

 hillocks of our Atlantic c..a>t will find this bird much less rare than 

 it was once supposed to be. It never strays far from the waving tufts 

 of coarse beach-grass that scantily cover the sand drifts, and single in- 

 dividuals may be found skulking among such surroundings. They 

 seldom allow a near approach, but 11 y wildly away to considerable dis- 

 tances, and on alighting mn off so rapidly that they arc difficult to 

 find a second time. The flight is rapid and irregular, and the birds 

 may easily br mi>takcn for Savanna Sparrows, with which, during the 

 migrations, they are xnnetimes associated. On rare occasions a sharp 

 chirp is heard, but as a rule they are silent. 



