Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sand- 
wiehensis Savanna , Wils.) Ridgw. We 
presume it is the long name that drives 
this modest little Sparrow away from civil- 
ization down to the sea shore and adjacent 
islands where it breeds. We had never 
' seen to recognize this bird until the pres- 
ent Summer, when, with a friend, we vis- 
ited Plum Island, on the eastern end of 
L. I. While tramping over the ground a 
female Sparrow was flushed from the nest, 
which was supposed to be a Song Sparrow, 
but the nest was lined entirely with grass. 
This raised our suspicion at once. When 
the field glass was brought to bear on the 
bird, which was not a Song Sparrow, 
but more striped, and the stripes more 
prominent and the actions of the bird was 
different. It kept on or near the ground 
on very low bushes. Its song was 
feeble and not that of the Song Sparrow. 
The eggs, too, which were fresh, were dif- 
ferent, being more rounded and the brown 
blotches longer. The ground color was 
lighter and not so much on the greenish 
blue order as the Song Sparrow. After 
identifying this bird we saw many pairs of 
them breeding on the Island and found 
another nest, which was in an almost bare 
pasture in a very slim tuft of grass. This 
bird remained on the nest, so that we 
J could get very close to her and study her 
markings as much as we cared for. The 
first nest was also on the ground in the 
long, thin, coarse grass, incident to a 
sandy plain. O.&O. V 11 . 8 «pt._ 1882 .p. /•?'£ 
Savannah Sparrow. — John H. Sage re- 
ports that he has never taken a set of these 
eggs at Portland, Conn., although they 
breed thera Chas. H Neff 188a . p 
tunate and found a set this season. 
On May 15 , 1889 , I found a nest and five 
eggs of Savanna Sp arro w. One egg lias a 
pure white ground, with a faint wreath of 
very pale lilac, and is longer than the others 
by one-fifth of its longest diameter. 
y. - - . D. o. 3/« 
Q&O.XVT, March. 1891. p. HI . 
415. Savannah Sparrow. . . . Editorial. Ibid., p. 156. — Breeding on 
Plum Island, off the eastern end of Long Island. <&CX V&la VII 
420. Savan?iah Sparrow. By M. Chamberlain. Ibid., p. 162. — Breed- 
ing inland in New Brunswick. 0 *9 -. vq lyu 
688. Savannah Sparrow. By J. M. Howey. Ibid., p. 16.— “Breeds 
commonly throughout Western New York.” Q, 8 s 0» VolsVIIl 
