542 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



the shore.' Occasionally seen along the Delaware. Has been 

 killed at Trenton, Mercer county. Breeds in the salt meadows." 



A. maritimus, Wils. Sea-side Finch, or Sparrow. 



Olive gray ; back obscurely streaked ; a yellow spot over eye. 

 Length, 6 inches ; tail, 2 inches. 



" Common in Cape May county and along the coast generally. 

 Breeds in the salt marshes, raising two broods." 



POOO^TES, Bd. 



P. gramineus, Gmel. Vesper Sparrow. Grass Finch. Bay-winged 

 Bunting. Ground Bird. 



Thickly streaked everywhere ; slightly buffy below ; outer 

 tail feathers white ; bend of wing chestnut ; tail shorter than 

 wings. Length, 6 inches ; tail, 2^ inches. 



" Abundant. Resident. This ' chippy ' is a great lover of 

 fences, and a sociable, lively bird. It builds a nest upon the 

 ground, generally among dewberry vines, raising two broods 

 during the summer. Graminivorous. Strictly inoffensive." 



OHONDBSTES, Swains. 



O. grammacus, Say. Lark Sparrow, or Finch. 



Streaked above, ashy below ; crown and ear coverts chestnut, 

 blackening on forehead ; with whitish median and superciliary 

 Ftripes ; black lines through and below eye ; a black line on 

 each side of white throat ; a black breast spot ; middle tail fea- 

 thers like back, the rest blackish and white tipped. Length, 6 J 

 inches ; tail, 3 inches. A western songster, frequenting prairies 

 and river bluffs ; occasional on the Atlantic coast. 



ZONOTRICHIA, Swains. 



Z, leucophrys, Forst. White-crowned Sparrow. 



Streaked above with but little chestnut ; crown with broad 

 white median band and a narrow white and narrow black band 

 on each side of it; no yellow anywhere: throat like breast; 

 young with crown rich brown. Length, 7 inches ; tail, 3^ inches. 



" Not uncommon in April and in October. Two or three 



