_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.