UBS, SPARROWS, ETC. 



and probably Nova Scotia, and wmthward in migration along the Atlantic 

 **"< Pwitfht.. 



BingSln^. !'.. Cuinl.ri.ltfr, very common T. 



V., May; Sept. ail " t. 



I t h is race wa* w pa rated by me in 1 SS 7 few new facts have been 

 develo|K-d regarding it, except that, as I anticipated, it has U-en found 

 in other parts of the Maritime Provinces, and never far from saltwater. 

 \VhiIe frequenting brackish or fresh-water mar-lies, where the grasses 

 gn.w more luxuriantly than in the haunts of its southern relative, it 

 prefer- the more o|n-n -|w.ts or tho-e where damp ditches make liigh- 

 ways of escape for it afoot. It is 1. .rally abundant, particularly in the 

 great marshes that Ix.rder the May of Fundy, but so retiring that, save 

 f.-r its little song, its presence might lx- tasily overlooked. Swaying 

 on a tall stalk of meadow rue or squatting on a convenient fence, the 

 males may be found at all hours of the day repeating their song a few 

 times and then flying t" some new perch or burying themselves in the 

 grass. Occasionally toward nightfall one will mount into the air and 

 with -et win;:* ll.-at down, fairly gushing with song, a habit shared by 

 the ordinary Sharp-tail and by the Seaside Sjmrrow as well. 



With the-e birds they associate in autumn, and may U- flu-hed one 

 or two at a time from the strips of gra-s or reeds that are left on the 

 salt marshes along tin- ditches after the hay has been cut. 



The song is a husky, gasping effort, not very loud, and executed 

 with a nod of the head. It is sung in less than a second, and re-cm- 

 bles kxh-xh-xh-ut~>lj>, the last syllable occupying one fifth of the time 

 and rather mu-ical compared with the harsh lisp that precedes it. 

 They also hare a tchlp of alarm, but it is the exception for them to 

 show much anxiety about their nests or young. The nest has never 

 been taken. J. I >WK;HT, JR. 



650. Ammodramus maritimus II < V . s>. VMI. SI-AKROW. Ad. 

 \ N.llow line lM'1'..re the eye :nul on the bend of the wiiiif; upper parts 

 !i olivu-irrttMi: tail grayih brown, _. 



the outer Webs of the t< utliers Illiir- 



; with <.live-/ri-eiit.-h ; a .lu-ky 

 line from tho bax- of the lower mtindi- 

 ble |>a.H.f*douii ; the throat; 



breast more or lens nutfu.4ed with hutFy 

 iwaiititu i >uni!iier >] .imeiis i, and 

 indistiiii-tly ^tri-aked with (rrayixh ; 

 throat and middle of the U-lly white; 

 idea gray Mi. L., 6-00; W., 2-60; T., f" 10 84.-8eaaide Rparrow. (Natural 

 2-80; B.,-60. 



Atlant -rcda from Georgia to Massachusetts, and win- 



ter* from V i r .rgia. 



Sing Sing, A. V. 



