. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massachu-setts, though an abundant summer resident of the salt marshes ofsouthern Connecticut. It breeds southward to North Carolina,and winters in the Southern States. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. maritimtis pcnin-snlcs) was first described from specimens taken by Mr. W. E. at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 1888. It is intermediate incoloration between A. nigrcsccns and A. 7>iaritiii!us. This rac
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America . wings, and then, alighting suddenly, runsoff with great nimbleness. The Seaside Finch is now considered a rare bird in Massachu-setts, though an abundant summer resident of the salt marshes ofsouthern Connecticut. It breeds southward to North Carolina,and winters in the Southern States. Note. — Scotts Seaside Sparrow (A. maritimtis pcnin-snlcs) was first described from specimens taken by Mr. W. E. at Tarpon Springs, Florida, in 1888. It is intermediate incoloration between A. nigrcsccns and A. 7>iaritiii!us. This race is found in South Carolina and Florida, and along theGulf coast to Texas. The Dusky Seaside Sparrow {Ammodramus nigrescens)differs from vtaritiiinis in being black above, streaked with oliveand gray; beneath white, streaked with black. It was describedoriginally by Mr. C. J. Maynard, who captured the type specimenin 1872, in southern Florida. He reported the bird as quite abun-dant in some localities, but no other collector has been successfulin findins: AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. YELLOW BIRD. THISTLE BIRD. THISTLE FINCH. WILDCANARY. Spinus TRISTIS. Char. Male in summer: bright gamboge yellow; crown, wings, andtail black; upper and un(le> tail-coverts, wing and tail markings, winter the male resembles the female, though with less olive : above, olive brown ; below, paler or yellowish ; forehead with-out black ; wings and tail nmch the same as in the male. Length about4^ inches. Nest. In a pasture or orchard ; usually placed in a crotch of a decidu-ous tree lo to 20 feet from the ground ; a compact and gracefully formedcup, made of grass and vegetable fibre, lined with grass and plant down,and often with hair. Eg,!;s. 3-6 ; white with tint of green or greenish blue, occasionallymarked with faint spots of brown ; o 65 X This common, active, and gregarious Goldfinch is a verygeneral inhabitant of the United States. It is also found insummer in the r
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