Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
542. Sandwich Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis). 
L. 5.7; W. 2.9 A yellow line from the bill passing 
over the eye; bend of wing usually tinged with yellow. 
Ads. Above streaked with black, chestnut and brown- 
ish gray; below white, (buffy in fall and winter), 
breast and sides streaked with black, the streaks nar- 
rowly margined with chestnut. Notes. Doubtless re- 
semble those of No. 542a. 
Range.—Northwest coast; breeds in western Alaska; winters south 
to northern California. 
542a. Savanna Sparrow (P. s. savanna). Similar 
to No. 542, but smaller, W. 2.7; yellow line over eye 
shorter and less pronounced; bill smaller. Notes. Call 
a sharp ¢sip, frequent.y uttered; song, a weak, musical 
little trill following a grasshopperlike introduction, 
tsip, tsip, tsip, sé-e-e-s’7-r-r.. (Dwight. ) 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 
northern New Jersey (rarely), eastern Long Island, and Missouri 
north to Labrador and western Hudson Bay; winters from Virginia 
and southern Illinois to Cuba and Mexico. 
542b. Western Savanna Sparrow (P. s. alaudinus). 
Similar to No. 542a, but bill more slender, color aver- 
aging paler, the yellow line not passing over the eye, 
less evident before it and often wholly wanting. 
Range.— Western North America from the Plains west to the Si- 
erra; breeds from Mexico City north to Alaska; winters from south- 
ern California southward. 
542c. Bryant Marsh Sparrow (P. s. brvantz). 
Similar to No. 542b, but smaller, W. 2.6; colors much 
darker, streaks below heavier; yellow over eye more 
pronounced. A darker bird even than No. 542a, but 
with the bill slender asin No. 542b. 
Range.— Resident in salt marshes about San Francisco and Mont- 
erey Bay; winters south to San Pedro ,Grinnell); casually to Mexico 
City. (Ridgw.) 
543. Belding Sparrow (Passerculus beldingi\. L. 5; 
W. 2.5. Ads. Similar to No. 542c, but somewhat 
smaller, above darker and with a slight olive caste; un- 
derparts more heavily streaked. 
Range.—Pacific Coast; salt marshes from Todos Santos Island, 
Lower California, north to Santa Barbara. 
544. Large-billed Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus). 
L. 5.5; W. 2.6. Bill stout, upper mandible curved; no 
yellow before eye or on bend of wing. 4ds. Above 
grayish brown’marked with brown and blackish but 
without well-defined streaks; below white, breast and 
sides streaked with grayish brown, the streaked 
feathers centrally blackish. 
Range.—Coast of southern California north to Santa Barbara; win- 
ters south to Cape St. Lucas and northwestern Mexico, 
544a. St. Lucas Sparrow (P. 7. guttatus). Simi- 
lar to No. 544, but smaller, W. 2.5; bill more slender; 
upperparts brownish gray with an olive tint and streak- 
ed with darker; similar to No. 544c, but smaller, upper- 
parts more olive and more widely, but less sharply 
streaked. 
Range.—Cape Region of Lower Callfornia in winter; breeding 
range unknown. 
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