. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . hich inhabits the salt marshesof New Brunswick, and has been found breeding- in Sagadahoc County,Me. It occurs on the rest of the New Eng-land coast as a spring andfall migrant in May and October, but resembles the preceding speciesso closely that only a trained observer, viewing the bird at close rauge^could distinguish it, A third subspecies {Ammodramus nelsoni) alsooccurs in October. Henslows Spa
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . hich inhabits the salt marshesof New Brunswick, and has been found breeding- in Sagadahoc County,Me. It occurs on the rest of the New Eng-land coast as a spring andfall migrant in May and October, but resembles the preceding speciesso closely that only a trained observer, viewing the bird at close rauge^could distinguish it, A third subspecies {Ammodramus nelsoni) alsooccurs in October. Henslows Sparrow. Ammodramus Ad. —Upper parts dark brown, streaked with blackish; underparts whitish, narroioly streaked with black on breast and sides;tail short and narrow; bill heavy. Nest, on ground. Eggs, grayish-white, thickly speckled with palebrown. Henslows Sparrow is a rare summer resident of southernand central New England, arriving in May and leaving in August. It is an extremelylocal bird, occurring in south-ern New England in exten-sive wet meadows alongsluggish streams, and inBerkshire County and insouthern New Hampshirein the ill-drained hillsideson the upland, where the. Fig. 49. Henslows Sparrow wet, neglected pastures are partially overgrown with spirsea,or the shrubby cinquefoil. From May to early August onecan hear from such meadows or pastures one of the simplest GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 169 bird-songs, two syllables, fiee-slc, delivered almost as notes are sharp and carry a long distance, nor do theysound much more penetrating when one is almost upon thesinger as he crouches on a low bush or plant. Like severalof its relatives, the Henslows Sparrow prefers, when dis-turbed, to hide silently in the grass, or to fly but a few rodsand then drop into the grass, where it runs or squats. Itsnarrowly streaked breast and the absurdly large beakshould identify it. Grasshopper Sparrow. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus Ad. — Upper parts streaked with
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