25-Sept.
6.

Grasshopper, he is called, because his unmusical little song, _pit-tuck,
zee-e-e-e-e_, sung from a low perch, resembles the sound produced by
that insect. He is a common inhabitant of old fields, where sorrel and
daisies grow, and when flushed at one's feet darts away to drop suddenly
to the ground beyond. The 4-5, white, spotted eggs are laid in a ground
nest in late May or early June.

HENSLOW'S SPARROW

_Passerherbulus henslowi henslowi. Case 7, Fig. 17_

With the general proportions of the Grasshopper
Sparrow, but the underparts distinctly streaked
and the nape olive. L. 5.

_Range._ Nests from southern Missouri and Virginia
to central Minnesota and New Hampshire; winters in
the Southern States.

Washington, common S.R., Apl. 10-Oct. 21.
Ossining, rare T.V., Oct. 5-Oct. 10. Cambridge,
very rare S.R. N. Ohio, S.R., Glen Ellyn, not
common S.R., May 8-Sept. 26. SE. Minn., common
S.R.

Henslow's Sparrow lives in isolated and sometimes widely separated
communities, frequenting wet meadows in summer, but visiting, also, dry
fields in winter. It has the general habits of the Grasshopper Sparrow
and its notes are equally unmusical. The 4-5 grayish white, thickly
speckled eggs are laid in a ground nest the latter half of May.

LECONTE'S SPARROW

_Passerherbulus lecontei. Case 7, Fig. 18_

The underparts are but slightly streaked, the
crown is striped, and the nape reddish brown. L.
5.

_Range._ Nesting in the interior of North America
from our border States, northward and east to
Minnesota; migrates southward and south-eastward,
and winters locally from South Carolina to Florida
and Texas.

Glen Ellyn, not common T.V., May 4-?; Sept. 8-Oct.
6. SE. Minn, uncommon S.R., May 1-Oct. 17.

This is the third and rarest member of the trio of small, retiring
Sparrows of which the Grasshopper Sparrow is the commonest. It is found
east of the Mississippi only in the winter when it may be associated
with the Grasshopper and Henslow's Sparrows.

SHARP-TAILED SPARROW

_Passerherbulus caudacutus. Case 6, Fig. 47_

A buffy Sparrow with the underparts sharply
streaked with black. L. 5-3/4.

_Range._ Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast; nests