. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . hroat black; breast yellow, with a black centralpatch; back brownish, streaked, ^(/w/i/ema/e, duller, with-out black on throat or breast. Length, 6 inches. Geographic Distribution. — Eastern United States, mostlyin the Mississippi valley ; breeds from Texas to southern Min-nesota and North Dakota; winters in Central and SouthAmerica; breeds east of the Alleghanies now only iu thesouth locally and rarely. As the Snowbirds name recalls storm-blownsnow-fields, so the Dickclssels brings up picturesof the sunny level grainfields of Illinois.
. Birds of village and field: a bird book for beginners . hroat black; breast yellow, with a black centralpatch; back brownish, streaked, ^(/w/i/ema/e, duller, with-out black on throat or breast. Length, 6 inches. Geographic Distribution. — Eastern United States, mostlyin the Mississippi valley ; breeds from Texas to southern Min-nesota and North Dakota; winters in Central and SouthAmerica; breeds east of the Alleghanies now only iu thesouth locally and rarely. As the Snowbirds name recalls storm-blownsnow-fields, so the Dickclssels brings up picturesof the sunny level grainfields of Illinois. As hesits on a stake with thesunshine pouring downupon him, his song hasall the brightness of thegreat open prairies heoverlooks. See, see,Dick, Dick-Cissel, Cisselhe calls from morning tillnight, well earning his popular name of LittleField Lark. The attractive bird is a deserving agriculturistas well as a cheering bird of song, for he makesit his business to do away with caterpillars andcankerworms, feeding his young consideratelyupon Fig. SAVANNA SPARROW 225 Savanna Sparrow : Ammodramus sandwichensissavanna. Above brownish black; under parts streaked with black; paleyellow mark over or in front of eye and on bend of birds washed with yellowish brown. Lengthy about 5|inches. Geographic Distribution. — Eastern North America; breedsfrom Missouri and northern New Jersey north to Labradorand Hudson Bay, and winters from southern Illinois and Vir-ginia southward to Cuba and Mexico. Mr. Ridgway characterizes the Savanna Spar-row as one of the inconspicuous little birdswhich hide in the grass or run stealthily alongthe fences or furrows, having nothing special intheir appearance or habits to attract particularattention. Sometimes, as you cross a meadow, one of thelittle brown striped creatures will start up fromunder your feet, and you will look down to find anest with bluish spotted eggs in it. Dr. Jonathan Dwight describes the Savannas
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