549. Ammodramus caudacutus 
SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. 5 1-2 inches 
Male and Female alike. Above grayish brown; wings and tail 
reddish brown, below the eye a patch of gray surrounded by yel- 
low; tail narrow, feathers sharply pointed. Below buffy, conspicu- 
ously streaked with brown. 
One of the darkest colored of the sparrows. A bird of the sal.- 
water marshes. Arrives in Massachusetts in May. 
Song. A low twitter. 
Nest. On the ground, hid in grass just above tide water. 
Breeds. Along the marshy coast of New England. 
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