SEASIDE SPARROW. 



550. Passerherbulus maritimus. 6 inches. 

 Yellow spot before the eye. General plumage aliove 



grayish green with no black markings. All the habits 

 of the Seaside Sparrows are precisely like those of the 

 Sharp-tailed Sparrows. The nests and eggs are indis- 

 tinguishable and are often found in the same marshes. 



Sub-species. — 550a. Scott Seaside Sparrow (penin- 

 sulae), slightly smaller and with the back marked with 

 black and brownish green; South Atlantic coast. 550b. 

 Texas Seaside Sparrow ( sennetti ) , greener above than 

 No, 550; coast of Texas. 550c. Fisher Seaside Sparrow 

 (fisheri), darker above than scotti and with the breast 

 and sides heavily washed with rusty and streaked with 

 black; coast of Louisiana. 550d. Macgillivray Seaside 

 Sparrow ( macgillivrayii ) , coast of South Carolina. 



DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW. 



551. Passerherbulus nigrescens. 6 inches. 

 Darkest of the Seaside Sparrows. Found only in 



marshes at head of Indian River, Florida. 



