WESTERN SAVANNAH SPARROW. 
542b. Passerculus s. alaudinus. 5 inches. 
This is a slightly paler form of the preceding, and is very 
common in the fields and meadows, from northern Alaska 
to Mexico. They are birds but very little seen, keeping in 
the grass the greater part of the time. Their nests are hol¬ 
lows in the ground lined with fine grass and concealed by 
tufts of grass. They usually deposit four eggs, grayish white, 
blotched heavily with brown (.75 x.55). 
BRYANT SPARROW. 
542c. Passerculus s. bryanti. 5 y 2 inches. 
Found on the salt marshes of California to Lower Cali¬ 
fornia. It is a darker and brighter bird than the preceding 
(not illustrated). 
BELDING SPARROW. 
543. Passerculus beldingi. 5% inches. 
Found on the marshes of southern and Lower California. 
Is darker and more streaked below. Nesting habits the same; 
eggs darker. 
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