Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
544b. Lagoon Sparrow (P. 7. balophilus). Similar 
to No. 544a, but larger, W. 2.7, and darker; streaks on 
chest with little if any brown edging; differing from No. 
543, in more uniform coloration of upperparts, in less 
narrow and decidedly blackish streaks on chest, etc. 
Range.—Salt marshes, Abreoios Point, Lower California. 
544c. San Benito Sparrow (P. r. sanctorum). Sim- 7 
ilar to No. 544, but bill more slender; above grayer 
(brownish gray) distinctly streaked with blackish, the 
streaks margined with brown; below streaked with 
black, the streaks narrowly margined with brownish. 
Range. Breeds on San Benito Island, Lower California; in winter 
to Cape Region of Lower California. 
545. Baird Sparrow (Coturntculus bairdit). L. 5.7. 
Tail-feathers pointed, middle ones shortest, Ads. 
Crown yellowish brown, streaked with black; back 
black margined with chestnut and grayish; below 
whitish, breast and sides streaked with black. In 
fall and winter, colors richer. Notes. Song, “‘trick-e- iy 
trik-eceee-chiky-le-rott, with a peculiar tinkling utter- y 
ance. 
Range.—Great Plains; breeds from western Minnesota, North 3 
Dakota, eastern Montana, north to Manitoba and Assiniboia; winters 
south to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. (Ridgw.) 
546. Grasshopper Sparrow (Coturniculus savanna- 
rumpasserinus). L. 5.3. Line before eye orange; bend of 
wing yellow; tail-feathers pointed. Ads. Crown black 
with a buffy central stripe; nape chestnut and grav; 
back black, chestnut buff and gray; below buffy, un- a 
streaked, belly whiter. Notes. Call, a sharp chip; a 
song, a weak, insect-like prt-tuck, qee-e-e-e-e-e-e. ; 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to the Plains; breeds from 
the Gulf States to Massachusetts, Vermont, and Minnesota: winters 
from North Carolina to Cuba and Mexico. 
546a. Western Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s. bi 
maculatus). Similar to No. 546, but paler below and 
with less black and more chestnut above. 
Range.—Western United States from the Plains to the Pacific; 
breeds from Mexican border states north to Montana and British Col- 
umbia; winters south into Mexico, 
546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (C. s.° florid- 
anus). Similar to No. 546, but smaller, W. 3; darker 
above, paler below; sides of crown almost solid 
black; chestnut above largely replaced by black. 
Range.—Kissimmee Prairies, Florida. 
547. Henslow Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii). 
L. 5. Bend of wing yellow; tail-feathers pointed, the 
outer ones much the shortest. 4ds. Crown and 
nape pale oltve-green streaked with blackish; back 
bright reddish brown streaked with black and gray; 
below white; breast and sides washed with buff and 
streaked with black. Notes. Call, tee-wick; song, sis- 
r r-rit-srit-srit. (Jouy.) 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds locally, from Virginia and 
Missouri, north to New Hampshire, southern Ontario and innesota; 
winters from Virginia and Missouri south to the Gulf of Mexico. 
547a. Western Henslow Sparrow (A. bd. occidenta- 
lis). Similar to No. 547, but paler, in summer little or 
no buff below. 
Range.—Central western states; breeding, so far as known, in South 
Dakota; in winter south to Texas. 
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