. Bird guide . southeastward to the South At-lantic and Gulf States. SHARP-TAILED SPAREOW. 549. PajixeHurliiihis ciinildcnlns. 5% inches. Back of head grwuish; sitles of head, breast andflanks buff with black streaks; tail feathers sharp. Salt marshes along the seacoast or along streamsemptying into the ocean are the dwelling places of thesefinches. They creep about like mice in the salt grass,now running across an open space, now threading theirway through the upright stalks. Song.—A rather weak, squeaky trill. Nest.—-Of seaweed and marsh grass, attached to thegrass stalks several inches abov
. Bird guide . southeastward to the South At-lantic and Gulf States. SHARP-TAILED SPAREOW. 549. PajixeHurliiihis ciinildcnlns. 5% inches. Back of head grwuish; sitles of head, breast andflanks buff with black streaks; tail feathers sharp. Salt marshes along the seacoast or along streamsemptying into the ocean are the dwelling places of thesefinches. They creep about like mice in the salt grass,now running across an open space, now threading theirway through the upright stalks. Song.—A rather weak, squeaky trill. Nest.—-Of seaweed and marsh grass, attached to thegrass stalks several inches above ground and often cov-ered by a mass of dry seaweed. Eggs greenish whitespecked with brown (.). Range.—Atlantic coast of the U. S. NELSON SPARROW. 549a. Passerherbulus nelsoni. 5% to the last but brighter colored and notstreaked below. In the Mississippi Valley north to Man-itoba. 549a. Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow (sub-vir-gatus), Atlantic coast, breeding from Maine to
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