_Passerherbulus caudacutus. Case 6, Fig. 47_
A buffy Sparrow with the underparts sharply
streaked with black. L. 5-3/4.
_Range._ Salt marshes of the Atlantic coast; nests
from Virginia to Massachusetts; winters from New
Jersey to Florida.
Cambridge, formerly common S.R., but occurs no
longer.
An abundant inhabitant of salt marshes. There is, or was, a colony on
the Hudson River immediately south of the long pier from which Piermont
takes its name, but with this exception I have never seen this Sparrow
beyond the sound of the surf. It runs about through the thick marsh
grasses taking wing only when hard pressed. Its song is short and
insignificant. It nests on the ground, the 3-4 grayish white, finely
speckled eggs being laid in late May or early June.