SAVANNA SPARROW. 325 
eggs are greenish-gray, almost concealed by a mottling of chocolate-brown. 
They measure about .80 by .62. 
GreNus PASSERCULUS. Bonaparte. 
Outlines of bill nearly straight, lower mandible smaller than upper. Wings unusually 
long, reaching to middle of the short, nearly even, tail. Inner secondaries as long as 
the primaries, first primary longest. Tail feathers pointed, narrow. Tarsus about equal 
to middle toe. Hind toe much longer than the equal lateral toes, its claw reaching to 
middle of middle claw. Claws moderately curved. 
PASSERCULUS SAVANNA (Wils.) Bp. 
Savanna $parrow. 
Passerculus savanna, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 366; Reprint, 1861, 8; Food 
of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 566; Reprint, 1875, 6—Lanepon, Cat. Birds 
of Cin., 1577, 8; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 176; Reprint, 9. 
? Sand Sparrow, BaLuou, Field and Forest, iii, 1878, 136. 
Fringilla savanna, WiLSoNn, Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 55. 
Passerculus savanna, BONAPARTS, List, 1833, 33. 
Above brownish-gray, streaked with blackish, whitish gray, and pale bay, the streaks 
largest on the interscapulars, smallest on the cervix, the crown divided by an obscure 
whitish line; superciliary line and edge of wivg yellowish; sometimes an obscure yel- 
lowish suffusion about the head. Below, whife, pure or with faint buffy shade, thickly 
streaked with dusky, the individual spots edged with brown, mostly arrow-shaped, run- 
ningin chains along the sides, and often aggregated in an obscure blotch on the breast. 
Wings and tail dusky, the wing-coverts and inner secondaries black-edged and tipped 
with bay. Length, 54-5%5 wing, 24-24; tail, 2-24. 
Habitat, North America at large. 
Very common, spring and fall migrant in Southern and Middle, prob- 
ably summer resident in Northern Ohio. 
The Savanna Sparrow usually appears in Middle Ohio during the first 
week in April and remains until the latter part of May. In one instance 
only have I seen it in June. Mr. H.C. Benson informs me that he has 
found it breeding at Gambier. It appears to have been overlooked by 
Dr. Kirtland and Mr. Read. In the fall it returns late in September, and 
remains until late in October. It is a terrestrial species, usually found 
in fields and in weeds along the banks of streams, and sometimes in wet 
places. It is never found in woodland, though I have sometimes seen 
them perching on trees in orchards. In spring it has a curious squeaky 
song, which evidently has not the full power of its breeding notes; its 
ordinary note is a feeble chirp. | 
This Sparrow breeds from Massachusetts northward. The nest is 
placed on the ground, composed of grass, with a lining of hair and 
