_Spizella pusilla pusilla. Case 4, Fig. 43; Case 5, Fig. 14_
The upperparts are brighter reddish brown than in
any of our other Sparrows, and the bill is
'pinker.' L. 5-1/2.
_Range._ Nests from northern Florida and central
Louisiana to Minnesota and Maine; winters from New
Jersey and Illinois to the Gulf States.
Washington, very common P.R. Ossining, common
S.R., Apl. 2-Nov. 7. Cambridge, common S.R., Apl.
12-Nov. 1; casual in winter. N. Ohio, abundant in
summer, Mch. 6-Oct. 25. Glen Ellyn, tolerably
common S.R., Mch. 27-Oct. 11. SE. Minn., common
S.R., Apl. 1-Dec. 28.
'Bush Sparrow,' Mr. Roosevelt always called this bird, and the name
gives a better conception of its haunts than that of Field Sparrow,
since it is found in bush-grown fields. From a bush-top it sings its
clearly whistled, sweet, appealing song, varying the relation of notes
and trills, but never their musical quality. In a bush also it nests,
laying 3-5 white eggs, marked with reddish brown, in May.