PERCHING BIRDS 
541. Ipswich Sparrow. Passerculus 
princeps. 
Range. — Breeds on Sable Island, off Nova 
Scotia; winters on coast of South Atlantic 
States. This a large and pale colored form of 
the common Savannah Sparrow. Its nesting 
habits are similar to those of the latter and the 
eggs are marked the same but average larger. 
Size .80 x .60. 
542. Aleutian Savannah Sparrow. Pas- 
serculus sandwichensis sandrvichensis. 
Range. — Breeds on the Alaskan coast; win- 
ters south to northern California. 
A streaked Sparrow like the 
next but with the yellow super- 
ciliary line brighter and more 
extended. Its nesting habits 
are precisely like those of the 
next variety which is common 
„ . . ... and well known; the eggs are 
indistinguishable. 
542a. Savannah Sparrow. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains, breeding from the 
Middle States north to Labrador and the Hudson Bay region. 
Similar to the last but with the superciliary line paler and 
the yellow reduced to a spot on the lores. Their nests are 
hollows in the ground, lined with grasses and generally con- 
cealed by tufts of grass or weeds. Their three to five eggs 
vary greatly in markings from finely and evenly dotted all 
over to very heavily blotched, the ground color being grayish 
white. Size .75 x .55 
Grayish white 
542b. Western Savannah Sparrow. Passerculus sandwichensis alau- 
dinus. 
Range. — Western North America from Alaska to Mexico. 
A slightly paler form whose nesting habits and eggs do 
not differ from those of the last. 
542c. Bryant’s Sparrow. Passerculus ' sandwichensis . 
bryanti. 
Range. — Salt marshes of California from San Francisco 
Bay south to Mexico. 
Slightly darker and brighter than the eastern Savannah 
Sparrow and with a more slender bill. The eggs are not 
different from many specimens of savanna', they are light 
greenish white heavily blotched with various shades of 
brown and lavender. Size .75 x .55. 
543. Belding’s Sparrow. Passerculus beldingi. 
Range. — Pacific coast marshes of southern California 
and southward. 
This species is similar to the last but 
darker and more heavily streaked below. 
They breed abundantly in salt marshes, 
building their nests in the grass or 
patches of seaweed barely above the 
water, and making them of grass and 
weeds, lined with hair; the eggs are dull 
grayish white, boldly splashed, spotted and clouded with 
brown and lavender. Size .78 x .55. 
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