ch Sparrow. Confined to a sandbar island during the summer where it
is never out of sight or sound of the sea, it seeks similar haunts
during the winter when it is rarely found far from the immediate
vicinity of the ocean. In general habits and nesting, it resembles the
Savannah Sparrow, of which indeed, it is doubtless an island
representative.

SAVANNAH SPARROW

_Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. Case 4, Fig. 47; Case 5, Fig. 23_

In general color slightly paler than the Vesper
Sparrow; smaller than that species; no white
tail-feathers; a touch of yellow before the eye
and on the bend of the wing. L. 5-3/4.

_Range._ Nests from Long Island and northern Iowa
to Canada; winters from southern New Jersey and
southern Indiana southward to Mexico.

Washington, abundant T.V., Mch. 20-May 11; Sept.
21-Oct. 23; a few winter. Ossining, common T.V.,
Apl. 3-May 13; Aug. 28-Oct. 28. Cambridge,
abundant T.V., Apl., Oct.; breeds sparingly. N.
Ohio, not common T.V., Mch. 20-May 12. Glen Ellyn,
fairly plentiful S.R., Apl. 8-Oct. 20. SE. Minn.,
common S.R., Apl. 17-Oct. 23.

An abundant Sparrow known only to bird students. It prefers fields to
door-yards; lives much on the ground, and its darting flight, followed
by a sudden dive to cover, and insignificant song all combine to make it
rather difficult of identification. It nests in May, laying 4-5 white,
speckled eggs in a nest on the ground.

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW

_Ammodramus savannarum australis. Case 7, Fig. 16_

A small, short-tailed Sparrow, without streaks on
the underparts and a back pattern which suggests
'feather scales.' L. 5-1/2.

_Range._ Eastern United States, nesting as far
north as southern Minnesota, and southern New
Hampshire; winters from southern Illinois and
North Carolina to the tropics. The Florida
Grasshopper Sparrow (_A. s. floridanus_) a
smaller, darker race, is resident in the Kissimmee
prairies of south central Florida.

Washington, very common S.R., Apl. 17-Nov. 20.
Ossining common S.R., Apl. 27-Oct. 23. Cambridge,
rare S.R., May 16-Sept. 1. N. Ohio, common S.R.,
Apl. 20-Sept. 20. Glen Ellyn, not common S.R., May
4-Sept. 13. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl.