Brown, Olive or Grayish Brown, and Brown and Gray Sparrowy Birda 



wash. Underneath brownish drab on breast, shading to 



soiled white, and without streaks. Dusky, even, pointed tail 



feathers have grayish-white outer margins. 

 Range — Eastern North America, from British provinces to Cuba. 



Winters south of the Carolinas. 

 Migrations — April. October. Common summer resident. 



It is safe to say that no other common bird is so frequently 

 overlooked as this little sparrow, that keeps persistently to the 

 grass and low bushes, and only faintly lifts up a weak, wiry 

 voice that is usually attributed to some insect. At the bend of 

 the wings only are the feathers really yellow, and even this 

 bright shade often goes unnoticed as the bird runs shyly through 

 an old dairy field or grassy pasture. You may all but step upon 

 it before it takes wing and exhibits itself on the fence-rail, which 

 is usually as far from the ground as it cares to go. If you are near 

 enough to this perch you may overhear the zee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e that 

 has earned it the name of grasshopper sparrow. If you persist- 

 ently follow it too closely, away it flies, then suddenly drops to 

 the ground where a scrubby bush affords protection. A curious 

 fact about this bird is that after you have once become acquainted 

 vrith it, you find that instead of being a rare discovery, as you had 

 supposed, it is apt to be a common resident of almost every field 

 you walk through. 



Savanna Sparrow 



(Ammodramus sandwicbensis savanna) Finch family 



Called also: SAVANNA BUNTING 



Length — 5.5 to 6 inches. A trifle smaller than the English sparrow. 



Male and Female — Cheeks, space over the eye, and on the bend 

 of the wings pale yellow. General effect of the upper parts 

 brownish drab, streaked with black. Wings and tail dusky, 

 the outer webs of the feathers margined with buff. Under 

 parts white, heavily streaked with blackish and rufous, the 

 marks on breast feathers being wedge-shaped. In the au- 

 tumn the plumage is often suffused with a yellow tinge. 



Range — Eastern North America, from Hudson Bay to Mexico. 

 Winters south of Illinois and Virginia. 



Migrations — April. October. A few remain in sheltered marshes 

 at the north all winter. 



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