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SrAKROWS AND FINCHES. 



white beneath, buft' on breast, streaked here 

 and on sides with gray; sides of head, gray, 

 a black maxilLary line, fig. 315. Salt marshes 

 of Atlantic Coast of U. S., breeding from 

 southern N. E. to Ga. ; winters from N. C. 

 scnith to Fh\. Frequents tall grass of salt 



Fio-. 315 



Seaside Sparrow. 1-3. 



marshes which are submerged by the tide. 

 Nests, on dry marshes, sometimes on ground, 

 but often fastened to grass sterns or placed 

 in low bushes. Song, a low twitter, given 

 as l)ird hovers low over the grass. Flight, 

 low, direct with rapid wing-beats. 



