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foniia (the so-called A. c. hecki Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, 1891, p. 483). A. c. nelsoni 

 oi 3d-4th eds. of Key. A. nelsoni Norton, Pr. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist, ii, Mar. 15, 1897, 

 p. 102; A. 0. U. Suppl. Li.st, Auk, Jan. 1899, p. 118, No. 549. 1 (formerly No. 549 a). 

 A. n. subvirga'tiis. (Lat. sub-, under, less than, somewhat, and virgatus, striped, streaked.) 

 Acadian Sharp-tailed Finch. Said to be "similar in size and coloring to A. caudacutus, 

 but paler and much less conspicuously streaked beneath with pale greenish-gray instead of 

 black or deep brown. Bill averages smaller. Compared witli nelsoni it is much paler and 

 grayer, generally larger and with a longer bill." Range said to be "coast of southern New 

 Brunswick, Prince Edward Island (and probably Nova Scotia), and southward in migration to 

 South Carolina." A. caudacutus subvirgatus J. Uwight, Jr. Auk, July, 1887, p. 233; 

 CouES, Key, 4th ed. 1890, p. 900; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed. 1895, p. 228, No. 549 ft. See 

 Auk, Oct. 1896, p. 272, pi. iv. A. nelsoni subvirgatus Norton, Pr. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 il, Mar. 15, 1897, p. 102; A. 0. U. Suppl. List, Auk, Jan. 1899, p. 118; No. 549. 1 a. 

 A. mari'timus. (Lat. JHanfewMS, maritime, coast- wise ; ware, the sea. Fig. 275.) Sea- 

 side Finch. Seaside Sparrow. Adult ^ 9 : Olive-gray, obscurely streaked on back 

 and crown with darker and paler ; below, 

 whitish, often washed with brownish, shaded 

 on sides with color of back, and with ill- 

 defined dark streaks on breast and sides ; 

 maxillary stripes of the same ; wings and 

 tail plain dusky, with slight olivaceous edg- 

 ings; wing-coverts and inner quills some- 

 what margined with brown ; edge of wing 

 bright yellow ; a bright yellow spot on lore, 

 and often some vague brownish and dusky 

 markings on side of head ; bill plumbeous, 

 or dark horn-blue ; feet dark. Length 5.75- 

 6.25; extent 8.50; wing 2.25-2.50: tail 

 about 2.00. Recognizable on sight by 

 bright yellow edge of wing and loral spot, 

 with little varied olive-gray upper parts. 

 Salt marshes of Atlantic coast from southern 

 New England to Florida, abundant ; breeds 

 throughout its range, and resident in the 

 south, but screened from casual observation by the nature of its haunts and habits. Nest in a 

 tussock of grass just out of water; eggs 3-5, 0.80 X O.GO, grayish-white, thickly and pretty 

 evenly marked with umber-brown. 



The foregoing descriptif)n is applicable to all the forms of the stock species, and re(iuires 

 to be particularized if we wish to recognize the several slight local races into which maritimus 

 was lately sj)lit with the sanction of the A. O. U. For the race to wiiich the name maritimus 

 lias thus been restricted, observe the following points: Sides of crown olive, with occasionally 

 black shaft-streaks; median bluish-gray line well defined; nape pale greenish-olive; back 

 (dive, margined with bluish-gray; breast streaked with bluish-gray, margined with buff": flanks 

 obscurely streaked with bluish-gray and faintly washed with buff. Wing averaging 2.50; 

 tail 2.2.5. 



A. III. macKillivrayi. (To William Macgillivray) MacgillivRAV's Seaside Finch. 

 Scarcely different from the last. Sides of crown black, margined with brown ; median bluish- 

 gray line ill-defined; nape tawiiy-olivc ; back black, bordered by greenish-olive and margined 

 with bluish-gray ; breast and flanks streaked with dusky, margined with buff". Wing averag- 

 ing 2.36 ; tail 2.18. Said to be confined to coasts of South Carolina and Georgia; originally 



Fig. 

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Seaside Finrh, reduced (.Sheppard 



