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549.1a Passerherbulus nelsoni subvirgatus (Dwight). 

 Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



Similar to the preceding in size but paler than true caudacutus; upper parts 

 more uniform olive-gray, white streaks dull ; below, pale .buff on breast, with 

 streaks of pale gray. 



Bather common transient visitant, associating with the preceding 

 on the salt meadows of the coast ;^ rather rare in the Hudson Valley.^ 



550 Passerherbulus maritimus (Wilson). 

 Seaside Sparrow. 



Adults. — Length, 5.25-6. Wing, 2.50. Above, olive-gray, more strongly olive 

 on the back and on the sides of the crown ; wings edged with brown and olive ; 

 a yellow streak in front of the eye : under parts, dull white, streaked with gray. 



Young in first summer. — Above, brownish, streaked with black on head and 

 back ; below, white, breast and sides tinged with buff and narrowly streaked 

 with black. 



Nest of grass situated on the ground ; eggs, four to five, white, thickly 

 spotted with brown, .80 x .60. 



Common summer resident of the salt marshes of the coast and Dela- 

 ware Bay. Mr. W. L. Baily found a few at Seaville, Cape May county, 

 February 22d, 1892.^ 



Similar to the Sharp-tailed Sparrow in habits, song, etc. ; easily 

 distinguished by its uniform gray plumage and lack of stripes below. 



It has always seemed to me to prefer the wetter parts of the mead- 

 ows, while the Sharp-tail is a bird of drier, sandy spots, at least 

 during the nesting season. 



"■ Gf. Stone, Auk, 1893, p. 85. 



^ Chapman, Birds Vicinity of N. Y., p. 171. 



' Stone, Birds of E. Pa. and N. J., p. 115. 



