Chapman considers this bird's song the most beautiful of all our Sparrows. It is very simple — chee-e-e-e-de, de, de, chee-e chee-o, chee-o-chee-o but possesses the exquisite tenderness and pathos of the Hermit Thrush's melody. In purity of tone and execution the Sparrow is superior.
The nest is cylindrical, 6 or 8 inches long, roofed and built entirely of fine grass.
Pine belt of southern Georgia and northern Florida.
Southeastern United States from central Illinois and central Virginia south to central Texas and northwestern Florida.
A 20–30-foot tree in coast pine belt from North Carolina to Florida.