PINE-WOODS SPARROW. 



575. Peuccea cestivalis. 5% inches. 



Upper parts streaked with black; back chestnut and 

 gray; under parts 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 ia 

 almost impossible to make one show itself above the 

 grass, through which it 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 Bachman 

 Sparrow seem to always be; four or five pure white eggs 

 (.72x.60). 



Range. 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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