. Birds of New York . Hamburg. In the southeastern part of the State its spring migration begins from the ist to the loth of May, sometimes as early as the 26th of April, and it disappears in the fall between the 5th and the 25th of October. These dates also agree very closely with the migrations at Rochester and Canandaigua recorded in my notebook. 292 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Haunts and habits. The Grasshopper sparrow, or Yellow-wingedsparrow as it is frequently called, inhabits meadows, clover fields and weedfields, usually on dryer ground than the Henslow sparrow or the Savannahsparrow, often
. Birds of New York . Hamburg. In the southeastern part of the State its spring migration begins from the ist to the loth of May, sometimes as early as the 26th of April, and it disappears in the fall between the 5th and the 25th of October. These dates also agree very closely with the migrations at Rochester and Canandaigua recorded in my notebook. 292 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Haunts and habits. The Grasshopper sparrow, or Yellow-wingedsparrow as it is frequently called, inhabits meadows, clover fields and weedfields, usually on dryer ground than the Henslow sparrow or the Savannahsparrow, often seeming to prefer sandy, rolling plains and upland is frequently seen seated on a mullein stalk, fence post, or any con-venient object, singing its insectlike song, which has been written pit-tuck, zee-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e. This note resembles very much the performanceof a meadow grasshopper, and is so high in pitch that it is inaudible tothe ears of many persons unless the bird is singing within a distance of. Grasshopper sparrows nest and eggs 2 or 3 rods. Mr Gerald Thayer writes the song sit-tit, ts-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e. This, however, he does not regard as the true song of the bird,which sounds to him like a long rambling twitter uttered in a tonesimilar to that of the shorter note and about as loud, but lasts as muchas ID or 12 seconds. This rolling twitter is uttered when the male andfemale are flying together over the meadows or seated near each Fuertes compares the song to that of the Prairie horned lark whenthe latter is heard at a considerable distance. It is usually uttered towardevening, and in May can sometimes be heard in the dusk as late as half BIRDS OF NEW YORK 293 past eight oclock when the last Robin is hushed. This sparrow has alsoseveral forms of weak tsipps or call notes. A common alarm noteis usually written tlick, almost a two-syllable exclamation. This bird is a terrestrial species, feeding on the ground as exclusivelyas the Savannah
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