_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.