. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . y margined with grayish and grayish olive-green ; under parts sharply streaked with black and white in about equalproportions. L., 5-95; W., 2-25-2-40 ; T., 2a0-2-50: B., (Kidgw.). Remarlcs.—This species is very distinct, and can bo at once distinguishedfrom A. m. peninsulce., its nearest known ally, by its much darker upper partsand conspicuously streaked under parts. Range.—Marshes at the northern end of Indian Kiver, Florida. JS^est and eggs unknown. Mr. C. J. Maynard, the only collector who has ever met with thisspecies, found a single
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . y margined with grayish and grayish olive-green ; under parts sharply streaked with black and white in about equalproportions. L., 5-95; W., 2-25-2-40 ; T., 2a0-2-50: B., (Kidgw.). Remarlcs.—This species is very distinct, and can bo at once distinguishedfrom A. m. peninsulce., its nearest known ally, by its much darker upper partsand conspicuously streaked under parts. Range.—Marshes at the northern end of Indian Kiver, Florida. JS^est and eggs unknown. Mr. C. J. Maynard, the only collector who has ever met with thisspecies, found a single individual, March 17, 1872, at Salt Lake, nearTitusville, while in April it was quite common on the marshes ofIndian River just below Dummetts Grove, and very abundant onthe upper end of Merritts Island. I have searched for it most care-fully, but without success, during February and March in the marshesof the east peninsula of Indian River opposite Micco, and for a specieswhich is not rare, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow apparently has a more. FINCPIES, SPARROWS, ETC. 29i) restricted range than any other North American bird. Mr. Maynardconsiders it migratory, and states that it is not found in Florida duringthe winter. In flight as well as in habits, he says, it resembles theSharp-tailed rather than the Seaside Sparrow (A. maritimus). Its songof low, sputtering notes is given while the bird hovers in the air, afterwhich it drops quickly into the grass. 552. Chondestes grammacus {Sat/). Lark Sparrow; LarkFinch. of the crown and ear-coverts chestnut, a whitish lineover the eye and through the center of the crown ; a black streak on the sidesof the throat; upper parts brownish ash ; back streaked with blackish; tailfuscous or black, the outer feathers tippedwith white; under parts white, a smallblack spot in the middle of the , 6-25 ; VV., 3-50 ; T., 2-75 ; B., -45. Kange.—Interior of North America,eastward to Illinois; breeds from Texasto Manitoba; accidental
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