FAMILY FringillidcE 



Nuttall sparrow, Zonotrichia leuco- 

 ^^^ phrys mittalli. 6.25 



Distribution: Pacific Coast district from 

 British Columbia south to southern CaH- 

 fornia, east to the Cascade and Sierra Nevada 

 Mountains. Two closely allied species are 

 the Gambel sparrow, found in western North 

 America from Alaska south to eastern Oregon. 

 Idaho and Montana; and the white-crowned 

 sparrow, found over most of the United States 

 from the Atlantic seaboard to the western 

 slope of the Rocky Mountain district, 

 straggling west to the Sierra Nevadas and 

 southwest to southern California. 



The Nuttall white-crowned sparrow is one 

 of the commonest of the sparrows along the 

 Pacific Slope and is found everywhere from 

 the mountains to the sea. It is always in 

 evidence during the spring and summer, 

 sitting on fence posts along country roads, 

 perched on bushes and trees in field and 

 pasture and along w^ith the song sparrow 

 making its home in the cities wherever there 

 is shrubbery enough to afford protection, and 

 gardens for its food supply of insects and 

 worms. It is a familiar bird about the lawns, 

 hopping about on the grass or singing from 

 the top of some tree or peak of the house. 

 It is also the night singer of the Pacific Coast. 

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