BIKBCTOUY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NOKTH AMERICA. 2 



grass stems or placed in low bushes. Song, a low twitter, 

 given as the bird hovers low over the grass. 



1*. MACGILLIVRAY'S SEASIDE SPARROW, A. M. 

 MACGII.I.IVRAII. Differs from 1 in being darker, with back 

 distinctly streaked with black and the streaks beneath are 

 broader. From Charleston S. C. to eastern Fla. breeding on 

 Anastasia Island ; in winter along the Gulf coast to La. 



2. SCOTT'S SEASIDE SPARROW, A. PENINSULAE, Dif- 

 fers from 1 in being more uniformly colored above with no 

 prominent streakings; grayer below with the streakings ex- 

 tended often encroaching upon the throat. Breeds in west- 

 ern Fla. from Tarpon Springs to Cedar Keys, in March. Song, 

 four notes ; the first two low and quickly uttered with a dis- 

 tinct articulation, the last two more connected, more prolong- 

 ed with a decided accent, the song somewhat resembling that 

 of a Red-winged Blackbird and the bird bows his head, 

 spreads his tail, and ruffles his feathers much as does the 

 Red-wing; the song is given as the bird sits low in the grass. 



3. FISHER'S SEASIDE SPARROW, A. FISHERI. Dif- 

 fers from 1* in being much darker; more black above; the 

 breast and sides deep buffy. Breeds on the coast of La. ; in 

 winter along the west coast of Fla. to Tarpon Springs. 



4. DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW, A. NIGRESCENS. Dif- 

 fers from 1 in being black above indistinctly streaked with 

 grayish ; white beneath broadly streaked everywhere with 

 black. Merritt's Island and shores of Banana and Indian 

 Rivers north to the old Haulover Canal and about Salt Lake, 

 upper St. Johns River, east Fla. Frequents dry marshes. 

 Song, and manner of singing, like 1. Common. Resident. 



5. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, A. CAUDACUTUS. 5.50; 

 sides of head, deep buff; spot below eye, gray; paler buff be- 

 neath excepting middle of body which is white, much streak- 

 ed on sides and across breast with dark-brown ; top of head, 

 dark-brown, with a median line of gray ; upper parts, mixed 

 olive-brown, ashy, and buff, fig. 289. Breeds on the Atlantic 

 coast of U. S. from Mass, south to northern Fla. ; winters 



