SPARROWS 



(550) Passerherbulus mari= 

 timus maritimus iwihonj 



SEASIDE SPARROW. Plumage 

 as shown by the upper bird; chiefly 

 gray; yellow loral spot; indistinct 

 streaks on the breast, L., 6.00. 



Range — Salt marshes from Mass. 

 to Fla. and along the Gulf coast. 



(550a) SCOTT'S SEASIDE SPAR- 

 ROW (P. m. peninsulte), a darker 

 race, is found on west coast of Fla. 

 (550b) TEXAS SEASIDE SPAR- 

 ROW (P. m. sennetti), coast of 

 Texas, (ssoc) LOUISIANA SEA- 

 SIDE SPARROW (P. m. fisheri). 

 Coast of Ala., Miss., and La. 



(551) Passerherbulus nigre= 



ScenS (Rhigii'ay) (Lat., growing black). 



DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW. 

 A dark, streaked-breasted species 

 found on the east coast of Fla. 



Utter their short, grating Httle trills. Sometimes one may 

 even make a short song-flight out over the water and back. 



They commonly build their nests in the marsh grass under 

 the protection of little oases of seaweed left stranded by 

 high tides on the tops of the grass. Naturally these nests 

 are quite difficult to find. The eggs are white, specked with 

 reddish-brown, especially about the large end. 



SEASIDE SPARROWS, found abundantly along our 

 Atlantic coast south of Long Island, are duller colored and 

 grayer than the preceding and have no distinct black mark- 

 ings either on the back or below. They are found almost 

 exclusively in salt marshes and often in company with the 

 preceding species. 



Both species are commonly known by hunters and fisher- 

 men who frequent the marshes as "Meadow Chippies." 

 Like rails, they are most active on dull, cloudy days; they 

 continue to feed and sing even after dusk too. 



Several races of Seaside Sparrows are locally found along 



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