Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, from Parrots to Bluebirds

by Chester A. Reed

HENSLOW SPARROW

547. Passerherbulus henslowii. 5 inches

Crown and nape greenish, streaked with black; breast and sides buffy, streaked with black; tail feathers narrow and pointed.

This species is of a more southern distribution than the last, being rarely found in New England, but quite common in favorable localities south of Virginia.