Third and fourth quills longest, first and eighth equal; tail graduated; upper parts brownish-grey, tinged with olivaceous, two faint longitudinal bands of darker on the head; the feathers on the fore part of the back brown in the centre; margin of the wing at the flexure light yellow, smaller wing-coverts and outer webs of secondary coverts dull reddish-brown; quills and tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with pale brownish-grey; a yellow band from the base of the upper mandible over the eye, fainter behind; throat greyish-white, with a longitudinal bluish-grey band on each side; lower part of neck, fore part of breast, and sides, light bluish-grey, streaked with light olivaceous-brown; middle of breast pale grey, abdomen white, lower tail-coverts pale yellowish-brown, with a central dusky streak. _Male_, 8, 11. From Texas to Massachusetts along the shores of the Atlantic. Resident in the Southern States. Abundant. Sea-side Finch, Fringilla maritima, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p. 68. Fringilla maritima, Bonap. Syn. p. 110. Sea-side Finch, Fringilla maritima, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 505. Sea-side Finch, Fringilla maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 471. 173. 2. Ammodramus Macgillivrayi, Aud. Macgillvray's Shore-Finch. Plate CCCLV. Male and Female. Second, third, and fourth quills longest, first and seventh equal; tail rounded. Upper parts dull olivaceous-grey, streaked with blackish-brown, the central parts of all the feathers being of the latter colour; margin of the wing at the flexure yellowish-white; all the feathers of the wings dusky brown, margined with pale olivaceous; tail-feathers blackish-brown, margined with olivaceous; a yellowish-brown streak from the base of the upper mandible over the eye; throat and fore neck greyish-white, with an indistinct dusky streak on each side; breast and sides pale dull yellowish-grey marked with brownish-black streaks; middle of the breast and abdomen greyish-white, tinged with yellowish-brown; lower tail-coverts pale yellowish-brown, with a central dusky streak. _Male_, 5-1/2, 7-3/4. Abundant in Texas and along the Gulf of Mexico. Rather rare in South Carolina, from which it migrates in autumn. Macgillivray's Finch, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 285; v. iv. p. 394; v. v. p. 499. 174. 3. Ammodramus caudacutus, Lath. Buff-breasted Shore-Finch.--Sharp-tailed Finch. Plate CXLIX. Male and Female.