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r Grasshopper, he is called, because his unmusical little 

 song, pit-t&ck, zee-e-e-e-e, sung from a low perch, resembles 

 the sound produced by that insect. He is a common 

 inhabitant of old fields, where sorrel and daisies grow, 

 and when flushed at one's feet darts away to drop sud- 

 denly to the ground beyond. The 4-5, white, spotted 

 eggs are laid in a ground nest in late May or early June. 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW 

 PasserherbiUus henslou-i henslowi. Case 7, Fig. 17 



With the general proportions of the Grasshopper Sparrow, but 

 the underparts distinctly streaked and the nape olive. L. 5. 



Range. Nests from southern Missouri and Virginia to central 

 Minnesota and New Hampshire; winters in the Southern States. 



Washington, common S. R., Apl. 10-Oct. 21. Ossining, rare 

 T. V., Oct. 5-Oct. 10. Cambridge, very rare S. R. N. Ohio, 

 S. JR., Glen Ellyn, not common S. R., May 8-Sept. 26. SE. 

 Minn., common S. R. 



Henslow's Sparrow lives in isolated and sometimes 

 widely separated communities, frequenting wet meadows 

 in summer, but visiting, also, dry fields in winter. It 

 has the general habits of the Grasshopper Sparrow and its 

 notes are equally unmusical. The 4-5 grayish white, 

 thickly speckled eggs are laid in a ground nest the latter 

 half of May. 



LECONTE'S SPARROW 

 Passerherbulus Ucontei. Case 7, Fig. 18 



The underparts are but slightly streaked, the crown is striped, 

 and the nape reddish brown. L. 5. 



Range. Nesting in the interior of North America from our 

 border States, northward and east to Minnesota; migrates south- 

 ward and south-eastward, and winters locally from South Car- 

 olina to Florida and Texas. 



Glen Ellyn, not common T. V., May 4-?; Sept. 8-Oct. 6. SE. 

 Minn, uncommon S. R., May i-Oct. 17. 



This is the third and rarest member of the trio of small, 

 retiring Sparrows of which the Grasshopper Sparrow is the 



