. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. shore finch. Ammodramus caudacutus. Char. Above, brownish gray tinged with olive; crown darker, with median stripe of ashy gray and two stripes of black; back streaked with black; stripes of buff above and below eyes meeting behind ear-coverts; wings edged with yellow; tail-feathers narrow, with acutely pointed tips; below, dull white, breast and sides tinged with buff and streaked with black. Length about 5X inches. Nest. In a salt-marsh or wet meadow, amid a
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada, based on Nuttall's Manual. Birds; Birds. SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. shore finch. Ammodramus caudacutus. Char. Above, brownish gray tinged with olive; crown darker, with median stripe of ashy gray and two stripes of black; back streaked with black; stripes of buff above and below eyes meeting behind ear-coverts; wings edged with yellow; tail-feathers narrow, with acutely pointed tips; below, dull white, breast and sides tinged with buff and streaked with black. Length about 5X inches. Nest. In a salt-marsh or wet meadow, amid a cluster of reeds or tuft of sedges, to the stems of which it is sometimes fastened; a somewhat bulky structure of grass and weed-stems, lined with fine grass. Eggs. 4-5; dull white or tinged with buff or green, thickly spotted with brown and lilac; X The Shore Finch is an inhabitant of the lovvf islands and marshy sea-coasts from Massachusetts to Texas, living on small shrimps, marine insects, and probably grass seeds, mov- ing through the rank herbage nearly with the same agility and timidity as a Swamp Sparrow, to which in structure of the feet and stoutness of the bill it bears considerable Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston, Little, Brown
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