Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



542. Sandwich $parrQyH Passnculus sandwicbensti). 

 L. 5.7; W. 2.9 A yellow line from tlie bill passing 

 OT*r the eye; bend of wing usually tinged with yellow. 

 ^lis. Above streaked with black, chestnut and brown- 

 ish gray; below white, {buffy in fall and winter), 

 breast and sides streaked with black, the streaks nar- 

 rowly margined with chestnut. Notes. Doubtless re- 

 semble those of No. 542a. 



Range.— Northwest coast; breeds In western Alaska; winters south 

 to noritipm California. 



542a. Savanna Sparrow {P. i. >avan>ia'^. Similar 

 to No, 542, but smaller, W. 2,7; yellow line over eye 

 shorter and less pronounced; bill smaller. Notes. Call 

 a sharp tsip, frequent.y uttered; song,a weak, musical 

 little trill following a grasshopperlike introduction, 

 tsit), tsip, tsip, se-e-e-s'r-r-r. (Dwight.) 



Ringe, — Eastern Nnrth America, wesi tn the Plains; breeds from 

 nortliprn New Jersey (rareiy), eastern Long Island, and Missouri 

 north to Labrador and western Hudson Bay; winters from Virginia 

 and soutltem Illinuls to Cuba and Me:(lco. 



542b. Wesiern Savanna Sparrow {P. i. alaudinus). 

 Similar to No. 542a, but bin more slender, color aver- 

 aging paler, the yellow line not passing over the eye, 

 less evident before it and often wholly wanting. 



R^lllfc — Westei'n North America frc»m the Plains west to the Si- 

 erra; breeds fnim Mexico City nortti to Alaska; winters fr&w south- 

 irrt California southward. 



542c. Bryant Marsh Sparrow (P. s. iryanti). 

 Similar to No. g42b, but smaller, W. 2.6; colors much 

 darker, streaks below heavier; yellow over eye more 

 pronounced. A darker bird even than No. 542a, but 

 with the hill slender as in No. 542h. 



Rangp. — Residentln salt marshes about San Francisco and Mont- 

 erey Hay; winters snuth to San Pedro .Grlnnpll) ; casually tn Mpxlco 

 City. (Ridg-w.) 



543. Belding Sparrow {Pass^culus hddin^iS. L. 5; 

 W. 2.5. ^d^. Similar to No. 542c, but somewhat 

 smaller, above darker and with a slight olive caste; un- 

 derparts more heavily streaked. 



Range.— Pacific; Coa:jt; ^alt n]ar^1ie:a from Todus SantOb Inland, 

 Lower CaUfoiiild, nunli to Saula Baibara. 



544. Large-billed Sparrow (Passsrculus rostratus}. 

 L. 5.5; W. 2.6. Bill stout, upper mandible curwd; no 

 yellow before eye or on bend of wing. ^^3. Above 

 grayish brown marked with brown and blackish but 

 imiftoui well-defined streaks; below white, breast and 

 sides streaked with grayish brown, the streaked 

 feathers centrally blackish. 



Range. — Coast of southern California north to Santa Barbara; win- 

 ters iiouih to Cape ^t. Lucas and northwe' tern Mexico. 



544a. St. Lucas Sparrow (P. r. guttatus). Simi- 

 br to No, 514, but smaller, W. 2.5; bill more slender; 

 upperparts brownish t.^'ay with an ou-ds tint and streak- 

 ed with darker; similar to No. g44c, but smaller, upper- 

 parts more olive and more widely, but less sharply 

 streaked. 



Range,— Cape Region of Lower California In winter; breeding 

 range unknown. 



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