Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birds 
wash. Underneath brownish drab on breast, shading to 
soiled white, and without streaks. Dusky, even, pointed tail 
feathers have grayish-white outer margins. 
Range—Eastern North America, from British provinces to Cuba. 
Winters south of the Carolinas. 
Migrations—April. October. Common summer resident. 
It is safe to say that no other common bird is so frequently 
overlooked as this little sparrow, that keeps persistently to the 
grass and low bushes, and only faintly lifts up a weak, wiry 
voice that is usually attributed to some insect. At the bend of 
the wings only are the feathers really yellow, and even this 
bright shade often goes unnoticed as the bird runs shyly through 
an old dairy field or grassy pasture. You may all but step upon 
it before it takes wing and exhibits itself on the fence-rail, which 
is usually as far from the ground as it cares to go. If you are near 
enough to this perch you may overhear the Z¢e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e that 
has earned it the name of grasshopper sparrow. If you persist- 
ently follow it too closely, away it flies, then suddenly drops to 
the ground where a scrubby bush affords protection. A curious 
fact about this bird is that after you have once become acquainted 
with it, you find that instead of being a rare discovery, as you had 
supposed, it is apt to be a common resident of almost every field 
you walk through. 
Savanna Sparrow 
(Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna) Finch family 
Called also: SAVANNA BUNTING 
Length—5.5 to 6inches. A trifle smaller than the English sparrow. 
Male and Female—Cheeks, space over the eye, and on the bend 
of the wings pale yellow. General effect of the upper parts 
brownish drab, streaked with black. Wings and tail dusky, 
the outer webs of the feathers margined with buff. Under 
parts white, heavily streaked with blackish and rufous, the 
marks on breast feathers being wedge-shaped. In the au- 
tumn the plumage is often suffused with a yellow tinge. 
Range—Eastern North America, from Hudson Bay to Mexico. 
Winters south of Illinois and Virginia. 
Migrations—April. October. A few remain in sheltered marshes 
at the north all winter. 
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