. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 169 bird-songs, two syllables, flee'-sic, delivered almost as one. The notes are sharp and carry a long distance, nor do they sound much more penetrating when one is almost upon the singer as he crouches on a low bush or plant. Like several of its relatives, the Henslow's Sparrow prefers, when dis- turbed, to hide silently in the grass, or to fly bu
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW 169 bird-songs, two syllables, flee'-sic, delivered almost as one. The notes are sharp and carry a long distance, nor do they sound much more penetrating when one is almost upon the singer as he crouches on a low bush or plant. Like several of its relatives, the Henslow's Sparrow prefers, when dis- turbed, to hide silently in the grass, or to fly but a few rods and then drop into the grass, where it runs or squats. Its narrowly streaked breast and absurdly large beak should identify it. Gbasshoppee Spareow. Coturniculus savannarum passerinus Ad. — Upper parts streaked with black, rich chestnut, and gray; line through the crown buff; under parts buffy, unstreaked. Im.— Breast spotted with blackish. Nest, on the ground. Eggs, white, spotted with reddish-brown. The Grasshopper Sparrow is a common summer resident of southern New England and the lower Hudson Valley, but is rare in most of Massachusetts ; in New Hampshire, it is found only here and there in or near the valleys of the Connecticut and the Merrimac, and in Maine it does not occur. It is common in certain sec- j,^^ ^^ Grasshopper Sparrow tions of Massachusetts, as on the dry, sterile fields of Nantucket, or the extensive plains in the Connecticut and Sudbury valleys, where the ground is sandy and the grass not too luxuriant. The bird arrives late in April or early in May, and remains till Sep- tember. It Titters its insect-like song from some tall weed or low. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Boston, New York, H
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