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the winter when it is rarely found far from the immediate 

 vicinity of the ocean. In general habits and nesting, 

 it resembles the Savannah Sparrow, of which, indeed, 

 it is doubtless an island representative. 



SAVANNAH SPARROW 



Passer cuius sandwichensis savanna. Case 4, Fig. 47; Case 5, 

 Fig. 23 



In general color slightly paler than the Vesper Sparrow; 

 smaller than that species; no white tail-feathers; a touch of 

 yellow before the eye and on the bend of the wing. L. 5$. 



Range. Nests from Long Island and northern Iowa to Canada; 

 winters from southern New Jersey and southern Indiana south- 

 ward to Mexico. 



Washington, abundant T. V., Mch. 20-May 11; Sept. 21-Oct. 

 23; a few winter. Ossining, common T. V., Apl. 3-May 13; 

 Aug. 28-Oct. 28. Cambridge, abundant T. V., Apl., Oct.; 

 breeds sparingly. N. Ohio, not common T. V., Mch. 20-May 12. 

 Glen Ellyn, fairly plentiful S. R., Apl. 8-Oct. 20. SE. Minn., 

 common S. R., Apl. 17-Oct. 23. 



An abundant Sparrow known only to bird students. It 

 prefers fields to door-yards; lives much on the ground, 

 and its darting flight, followed by a sudden dive to cover, 

 and insignificant song all combine to make it rather dif- 

 ficult of identification. It nests in May, laying 4-5 white, 

 speckled eggs in a nest on the ground. 



GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 

 Ammodramus savannarum austraUs. Case 7, Fig. 16 



A small, short-tailed Sparrow, without streaks on the under- 

 parts and a back pattern which suggests ' feather scales.' L. 5 J. 



Range. Eastern United States, nesting as far north as southern 

 Minnesota, and southern New Hampshire; winters from southern 

 Illinois and North Carolina to the tropics. The Florida Grass- 

 hopper Sparrow (A . s. floridanus) a smaller, darker race, is resi- 

 dent in the Kissimmee prairies of south central Florida. 

 I Washington, very common S. R., Apl. 17-Nov. 20. Ossining 

 common S. R., Apl. 27-Oct. 23. Cambridge, rare S. R., May 16- 

 Sept. 1. N. Ohio, common S. R., Apl. 20-Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, 

 not common S. R., May 4-Sept. 13. SE. Minn., common S. R., 

 Apl. 25-Sept. 6. 



