542a. (American Ornithologists' Union check-list #) Savanna Sparrow: Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.) Adult--Upper parts brownish, darkly streaked; pale yellow line over the eye and at the bend of the wing; under parts white or whitish streaked with dark brown. Length--5.65. Breeding Range--From southern New Jersey northward to Labrador. The nest is built on the ground in fields or pasture land inland, or in the salt marshes and grassy places on or near the coast; it is a flimsy structure of grasses, rarely of moss, lined with fine grass and occasionally horse-hair. The number of eggs varies from 3 to 6; they are white or greenish white, with fine brown spots or large blotches of cinnamon. The variations in colour are so great that any accurate description is scarcely possible. Size--.78 x .56. See Fig. 15, Plate B. This little sparrow is generally to be seen along the sea-coast, though it is also found inland. Minot speaks of seeing them breeding in the White mountains, where he found a nest containing fresh eggs the 23d of July. They begin nesting in May, and rear two or three broods. Care should be taken that the Savanna Sparrow is not confused with either the sharp-tailed, seaside, or Ipswich sparrow; the latter, however, does not breed in the United States, but is a northern-breeding species, which, after the breeding season, comes on our northern Atlantic seaboard.