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farther north than A. marih'mus is known to do, oc- 

 curring along the entire coast. It is therefore wrongly- 

 given by Dr. Brewer as confined to southern New 

 England — a mistake corrected in the first of his two 

 supplementary lists. It is decidedly more northern in 

 its distribution in summer, not only proceeding farther 

 along tlie coast, as just said, but being also unknown 

 to breed so far south as the Sea-side Sparrow has been 



Fig. 56. — Details of Structure of Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 (Natural size.) 



observed to do. Dr. Coues reports such diflference from 

 observations made at Fort Macon, North Carolina, 

 where both species occur abundantly together during 

 the migrations, the Sharp-tailed passing on however 

 in spring, and recurring in fall, while the Sea-side is 

 common during the summer. In New England both 

 species are practically confined to the salt and brackish 

 marshes of the coast and its immediate vicinity, and 

 are among the least known to people at large of the 



