. SPARROWS 



(541) Passerculus princeps 



Maynard 



(Lat., a little sparrow; chief or large). 



IPSWICH SPARROW. Larger 

 and paler than the next; a spot of 

 sulphur-yellow on the lores and bend 

 of the wing. L., 6.30; \Y., 3.25; T., 

 2.60; B., .45; Tar., .95. 



Range — Breeds on Sable Island, 

 N. S.; winters along the coast to Ga. 

 (542a) Passerculus sandwich- 

 ensis savanna (Wils.) 



SAVANNAH SPARROW. Plum- 

 age as shown; yellow on lores and 

 bend of wing, the former extending 

 over the ej'e; much darker above and 

 more streaked below than the last. 

 L., 5.50; W., 2.60; T., 2.00. 



Range ■ — Breeds from Unga\'a and 

 Keewatin south casually to Jlass., 

 Conn., Pa., Ind., and Mo. 



rising, and the eggs are heavily blotched so as to be very 

 inconspicuous. 



SAVANNAH SPARROWS are rather inconspicuous 

 birds, best identified by the small spot of yellow in front of 

 the eye. The under parts are rather evenly streaked with 

 blackish, showing no concentrated spots as on the Song 

 Sparrow. They are very abundant during migrations, and 

 a fewi breed in our Northern States, although the majority 

 pass on to the southern half of Canada. We see them most 

 often in the weeds or bushes along walls or fences, and in the 

 furrows of cultivated fields. In fall and early spring their 

 only notes are simple chirps, but in summer they delight in 

 singing their rather uninteresting song — a lazy "zee-zee, 

 zu-zu-zu," the last notes being lower pitched. Although a 

 weak song, it has considerable carrying power. 



GRASSPIOPPER SPARROWS, so named because their 

 songs are very weak and insect-like, are small but stout and 

 "chunky" sparrows with rather short tails. This form, 

 together with the fact that the under parts are unmarked 



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