HENSLOW* S SPARROW 89 



Grasshopper Sparrow; Yellow- winged Sparrow: 



Ammodramus savannarum passerinus. 



Length 5J4 inches. 



Upper parts streaked black, brown and ashy; crown black 

 with buffy line through the center; bend of the wing bright 

 yellow. 



Under parts buffy, unstreaked. 



Resident (common) from April 15 to October 25; winters 

 from North Carolina to Cuba. 



The Grasshopper is one of the prettiest of the 

 Sparrows, the dark markings above, and plain, light 

 under parts having a particularly trim, tailor-made 

 effect. Look for yellow on the wings and a black 

 crown with a yellowish line through the center. 



Although this Sparrow is common, he is not often 

 seen, as he lives in wild, weedy fields and seldom 

 mounts higher than the tip of a blackberry spray, or 

 at most a fence rail, to sing his odd little grasshopper- 

 like song, which the listener must be very near to 

 hear. The grassy nest is on the ground, and the 

 eggs, 4 to 5, are white, thickly speckled. 



Henslow's Sparrow: Ammodramus henslowii. 



Length 5 inches. 



Upper parts chestnut, streaked with brown and ashy; bend 

 of the wing pale yellow; crown light olive-green, streaked 

 with black. 



Under parts white, washed with buffy, the breast and sides 

 finely streaked with black. 



Resident (locally common) from April 12 to October; win- 

 ters in the Southern States. 



Henslow's much resembles the Grasshopper Spar- 

 row, but his crown is greenish and black, and his 

 breast and sides are streaked. While not generally 

 distributed, in the places where found he is abundant. 



