39G SPARROWS AND FINCHES. 



white beneath, buff on breast, streaked here 

 and on sides with gray; sides of head, gray, 

 a black maxillary line, fig. 315. Salt marshes 

 of Atlantic Coast of U. S., breeding from 

 southern N. E. to Ga.; winters from N. C. 

 south to Fla. Frequents tall grass of salt 



Seaside Sparrow. 1-3. 



marshes which are submerged by the tide. 

 Nests, on dry marshes, sometimes on ground, 

 but often fastened to grass sterns or placed 

 in low bushes. Song, a low twitter, given 

 as bird hovers low over the grass. Flight, 

 low, direct with rapid wing-beats. 



