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