SAVANNAH SPARROW. 
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a stripe of black; below this again is another of 
' aite passing over each eye, and deepening into orange 
^'iovv between that and the nostril; this is again 
“’'fdered by a stripe of black proceeding from the hind 
of the eye ; breast, ash ; chin, belly, and vent, 
pj'itc; tail, somewhat wedged; legs, ilesh coloured; 
,,U. a bluish horn colour; eye, hazel, in the female 
I ® white stripe on the crown is a light drab; the 
^'^ast not so dark; the chin less pure ; and the line of 
'®How before the eye scarce half as long as in the 
All the parts that are white in the male are 
the female of a light drab colour. 
FIIINGILLA SATAXyA, WILSON SAVANNAH SFARaoW. 
WILSON, PLATE XXlL FIG. HI. FEMALE. 
new species is an iulialiitant ot tlie low countiies 
j? the Atlantic coast, from Savannah, wheie I lirst 
j'seovered it, to the state of Now York, and is gene- 
r'y resident in these places, though rarely found 
[ft^ind, or far from the sea-shorc. 1 have since found 
v®^e birds numerous on the sea-shore, in the State of 
Jersey, particularly near Great Egg Harbour. A 
of them 1 presented to Mr Peale ot this city, in 
’"Ose noble collection they now occupy a place. 
. '^'hc female of the Savannah sparrow is five inches 
!?'* a half long, and eight and a half in extent ; the 
""luago of the'’ back is mottled with black, bright bay, 
, "I whitish ; chin, white ; breast, marked with pointed 
of black, edged with bay, running in chains from 
p'' base of the lower m.aiidible ; sides, touched with 
streaks of the s.amc ; temples, marked with a 
of delicate yellow ; ear feathers, slightly tinged 
i *1*' the same ; belly, white, and a little streaked ; 
V.i!'*® of the shoulders, and lining of the n iug, pide 
Vpowish ; first and second rows of wing-coverts, tipt 
whitish ; secondaries next the hodv, pointed and 
black, edged also with bay; tail, slightly forked, 
Ijj'yvitbout any white feathers ; legs, pale tleoh colour ; 
’^4 claw, pretty long. 
