THE BIRD BOOK 
Henslow’s Sparrow 
Leconte’s Sparrow 
546b. Florida Grasshopper Sparrow. 
Ammodramus savannarum floridanus. 
Range. — Central Florida. 
A local form, darker above and paler below 
than the common species. Eggs not different 
in any particular. 
547. Henslow’s Sparrow. Passerherbulus 
henslowi henslorvi. 
Range. — United States east of the Plains, 
breeding locally from Maryland and Missouri 
north to Massachusetts and Minnesota. 
This species is similar in form and marking 
to the last, but is olive green on the nape, and 
the breast and sides are 
streaked with blackish. Their 
nesting habits are very sim- 
ilar to those of the Grasshop- 
per Sparrow, the nests being 
difficult to find. The eggs 
are greenish white, spotted 
with reddish brown. Size ,75x.55. 
White 
547a. Western Henslow’s Sparrow. Passerherbulus lienslowi Occident alls. 
Range.- — -A paler and very local form found in the Plains in South Dakota and 
probably, adjoining states. Eggs not apt to differ from those of the preceding. 
548. Leconte’s Sparrow. Passerherbulus lecontei. 
Range.- — Great Plains, breeding from northern United States to Assiniboia; 
winters south to Texas and the Gulf States. 
A bird of more slender form than the preceding, and with 
a long, graduated tail, the feathers of which are very narrow 
and pointed. They nest on the ground in damp meadows, but 
the eggs are difficult to find 
because the bird is flushed 
from the nest with great diffi- 
culty. The eggs are white 
and are freely specked with brown. Size .70x.52. 
549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Passerher- 
bulus caudacutus. 
Range.- — -Breeds in marshes along the Atlan- 
tic coast from Maine to South Carolina and 
winters farther south. 
These birds are very common in nearly all 
the salt marshes of the coast, nesting in the 
marsh grass. I have nearly always found their 
nests attached to the coarse 
marsh grass a few inches above 
water at high tide, and generally 
under apiece of drifted seaweed. 
The nests are made of grasses, 
and the four or five eggs are 
whitish, thickly specked with White 
reddish brown. Size .75 x .55. The birds are 
hard to flush and then fly but a few feet and 
quickly drop into the grass again. 
Sharp-tailed Sparrow 
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