FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 63 



X VESPER SPARROW 

 Poacetes gramineus gramineus. Case 4, Fig. 36; Case 5. Fig. 16 



Pater than any of our other field inhabiting Sparrows, except 

 the Savannah, which is smaller; and differing from them all by- 

 having a reddish brown shoulder-patch and white outer tail- 

 feathers. L. 6. 



Range. Nests from North Carolina and Kentucky to Canada; 

 winters from its southern nesting limits to the Gulf States. 



Washington, P. R., very common T. V., less so in summer and 

 winter. Ossining, tolerably common S. R., Apl. 2-Nov. 4. Cam- 

 bridge, common S. R., Apl. 5-Oct. 25. N. Ohio, abundant S. R.; 

 Mch. 20-Nov. 7. Glen Ellyn, fairly common S. R., Mch. 21- 

 Oct. 25. SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. i-Oct. 29. 



A Sparrow of broad fields and plains whose song voices 

 the spirit of open places. Neither words nor musical 

 notation can describe it recognizably. It has somewhat 

 the form of the Song Sparrow's song, just as the two birds 

 resemble each other in form but are unlike in detail. 

 One must, therefore, first learn to know the bird — an 

 easy matter, since it is common and can be readily identi- 

 fied by its white outer tail-feathers — and thereafter you 

 will be the richer for a knowledge of this rarely appealing 

 bit of bird music. 



The nest, as one might suppose, is built on the ground, 

 and the 4-5 whitish spotted eggs are laid early in May. 



IPSWICH SPARROW 

 Passerculus princeps 



With a general resemblance to the Savannah Sparrow (Case 5; 

 Fig. 23) but larger, L. 6J, and decidedly paler. 



Range. Nests on Sable Island off Nova Scotia; winters south 

 along the coast, regularly to New Jersey; rarely to Georgia. 

 ^Cambridge, casual, two instances, Oct. 



Few migratory birds have a more restricted breeding 

 range than the Ipswich Sparrow. Confined to a sand- 

 bar island during the summer where it is never out of 

 sight or sound of the sea, it seeks similar haunts during 



