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and probably Nova Seotia, and southward in migration along; the Atlantic coast“ t ll\\'i;_'ht ).

Sill: Sine, WW '1‘. \'.., Sept. 21¢ to Oct. 16. (,‘amln‘idge, very common T. V., May: Sept. and Net.

Since this race was sepa ‘ated by me in 1887 few new facts have been developed regarding it, except that. as l anticipated. it has been found in other parts of the Maritime Provinces, and never far from salt water. While frequenting brackish or fresh-water marshes, where the grasses grow more luxuriantly than in the haunts of its southern relative. it prefers the more open spots or those where damp ditches make high- ways of escape for it afoot. It is locally abundant. particularly in the great marshes that border the Bay of Fundy. bttt so retiring that, save for its little song, its presence might be t‘asily overlooked. Swaying on a tall stalk of meadow rue or squatting on a convenient fence, the males may be found at all hours of the day repeating their song a few times and then flying to some new perch 0r burying themselves in the grass. Occasionally toward nightfall one will mount into the air and with set wings float down, fairly gushing with song, a habit shared by the ordinary Sharp-tail and by the Seaside Sparrow as well.

\Vith these birds the“ associate in autumn, and may be flushed one or two at a time from the strips of grass or reeds that are left on the salt. marshes along the. ditches after the hay has been cut.

The song is a husky. gasping effort, not very loud, and executed with a nod of the head. it is sung in less than a second. and resem- bles li'N/I-Nh-N/I-tj’jlll. the last syllable occupying one fifth of the time and rather musical compared with the harsh lisp that precedes it. The} also have a HIM/10f alarm. but it is the exception for them to show much anxiety about their nests or young. The nest has never been taken. J. Dwmn'r, JR.

550. Ammodramus maritimus ( [Vi/M. Smsmn Smirnow. Ad. ----- .\ yellow llllt' before the eye and on the bend of the wing; upper parts grayish olive-green: tail grayish brown, the outer Webs of the feathers tuar— gineti with olive-greenish; a dusky line from the base of the lower mandi- ble passes down the sides of the throat: breast more or less sutlused with butl'y (wanting in summer speeimt-usl. and indistinetly streaked with grayish; throat and middle ot' the belly white:

'sh. 1.. I'rtto‘ “1.2.50. rp Fm. 84.~Seaside Sparrow. (Natural 7 ‘ ’ ‘ size.)

(sides gm 2-20; 1,150.

1.7mm.».utnmtt- elitlst; breeds t'rotn Georgia to Massachusetts, and win- ters from Virginia to Georgia.

Sing Sing, .-\. V,