Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Atlantic coast from northern)

Atlantic coast from northern Florida to South Carolina; Gulf coast from Florida to Texas.

A common southern representative of the Seaside Sparrow. 551. Ammodramus nigrescens Ridgw. DUSKY SEASIDE SPARROW. Ad.-Upper parts black, narrowly margined with grayish and grayish olivegreen; under parts sharply streaked with black and white in about equal proportions. "L., 5.95; W., 2-25-2-40; T., 2-10-2-50: B., 50-60" (Ridgw.).

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