WESTERN GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 
546a. Ammodramus s. bimaculatus. 5 inches. 
These birds are common in dry fields and pastures, where 
their faint lisping song is heard throughout the day. Nest 
is usually a deep structure in a hollow in some dry field, 
and usually placed near some rock or suitable place wheie 
they can watch the locality for danger. Four eggs are laid; 
white, finely dotted with chestnut (.72 x.55). 
LECONTE SPARROW. 
548. Passerherbulus lecontei. 5 inches. 
More slender in form than the preceding; breeding above 
the line and winters through eastern Colorado to southern 
Texas. Nesting habits and eggs similar to above (not il¬ 
lustrated). 
WESTERN LARK SPARROW. 
552a. Chondestes grammacus strigatus. 6% inches. 
One of the most common, as well as the most handsome 
of the sparrow family on the western coast; with its bright 
chestnut on the sides of the head, and black and white on 
the crown. They nest in low bushes, or on the ground in a 
clump of grass; four eggs are laid; white with dark brown 
markings, mostly about the larger end (.80 x.60). 
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