Plate LXVIIL 



Fig. 7. PASSERGULUS SANDWICHENSIS SAVANNASavamah Sparrow. 



The Savannah Sparrow is a common migrant, but a rare summer resident. I have never found its 

 nest, and never but once have I seen it in summer. It has, however, been found breeding at Gambier 

 by Mr. H. C. Benson. It arrives in April and remains until about the time for it to build, and then 

 disappears to return again in the fall. It probably rears two broods each year. 



LOCALITY : 



The nest is placed on the ground in open land, especially fields of grass and weeds in the neighbor- 

 hood of water. 



POSITION : 



It is generally situated in a little depression, without attempt at concealment further than that 

 afforded bv its similarity to its surroundings. 



MATERIALS : 



The foundation and superstructure are composed of coarse grasses; the lining of finer grasses and 

 sometimes horse-hairs. According to Maynard, "Birds of North America," page 99, it measures as 

 follows: "External diameter, 4.00; internal, 2.75. External depth, 2.50; internal, 1.75." 



EGGS : . . 



The same author says in regard to the eggs: "Four or five in number, oval in form, bluish-white 

 in color, spotted, blotched, and dotted with reddish-brown and lilac. Dimensions, from .80 x .60 to 

 .90 x .65." Dr. Brewer in "North American Birds," page 536, says: "The eggs, five or six in number, 

 vary considerably in their appearance. In shape they are a rounded oval, one end being much more 

 pointed than the other. They measure .68 x .55 of an inch. In some, the ground-color, which is of a 

 greenish-white, is plainly visible, being only partially covered by blotches of brown, shaded with red and 

 purple. These blotches are more numerous about the larger end, becoming confluent and forming a 

 corona. In others, the ground-color is entirely concealed hy confluent ferruginous fine dots, over which 

 are darker markings of brown and purple, and a still darker ring of the same about the larger end." 



" Oology of New England"- gives the usual number of eggs as four, with dimensions varying from .52 

 to .60 of an inch in short-diameter, by .68 to .83 in long-diameter. Eggs in my possession measure from 

 .54 to .59 in short-diameter, by from .73 to .80 in long-diameter. The ground-color is dirty white or 

 greenish-white, and the markings are reddish-brown. Some eggs are chiefly speckled, others are plenti- 

 fully blotched, spotted, and speckled, while others are mainly spotted. The same diversity of coloring 

 exists with these eggs as with the eggs of the Song Sparrow. 



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