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SEASIDE SPARROW. 
550. Passerherbulus maritimus. 6 inches. 
Yellow spot before the eye. General plumage a ove 
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- 
sule), 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 (maegillivrayii), 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. 
