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Sparrow, Savannah {Passerculus sandwichensis savanna) 



This sparrow is seldom seen about trees. It prefers open fields 

 and is seldom seen off the ground except as it sometimes perches 

 upon fence posts and rail fences. It nests on the ground. 5.5 



Call no. 

 Nu SpP Adult on Perch near Nest, Front View. (June 2, 1915) 



Allen 



To be distinguished from the song sparrow by not having the 

 spot on the breast so prominent and also by the yellow line over 

 the eye and through the crown. 



Nu SpPl Adult on Perch with Food, Back View. (1908) Bailey 



Note short tail. Upper parts streaked and darker than those of 

 the vesper sparrow. Half of its food consists of insects, mainly 

 injurious. 



Nu SpP3 Female Incubating. Ithaca. (May 18, 1915) Allen 



Note the protective coloration. How is this accomplished? 



Nu SpP4 Three Young Birds Posed on Perch. (1908) Bailey 



Immature birds do not have the yellow line over the eye and 

 are much darker. Note bunches of down on head. 



Sparrow, Seaside (Passerherbulus maritimus maritimus) 



6-6.5 

 Nu SpQ Adult on Ground in Marsh Grass. Long Beach. (Octo- 

 ber 25, 1908) Harper 



The picture shows the bird in its favorite haunt. In skulking 

 about over the muddy ground in the salt marsh, it has paused 

 for a moment to look at the camera. 



Sparrow, Song {Melospiza melodia melodia) 



Next to the robin this is the commonest native bird in New 

 York State. It prefers moist land near water but is found 

 wherever there are bushes or undergrowth. It is at home in 

 rich, moist gardens. It is a resident of New York but is common 

 in winter only about New York City and the lower Hudson. 

 About half its food consists of weed seeds. It eats also many 

 injurious insects and some fruit, mostly wild. 6.5 



