GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 



June 21, 1895 



1HAVE heard the feeble insect-like 

 trill of this bird several times, but have 

 never been able to identify it till today. 

 We were driving near Addison, and Edith 

 Skeele and I heard the note and followed 

 up the bird. He flew from one weed to 

 another, singing with his head thrown 

 back, and with an energy worthy of a 

 better cause. His song is so weak, just a 

 low trill, without any of the strident 

 qualities of the chipping sparrow. It can 

 only be heard a very short distance off. He 

 is one of the smallest sparrows; the head 

 showing the narrow median and the wider 

 superciliary stripes very plainly; the wing 

 tinged with yellow towards the front. 



