MIGRANTS AND WINTER RESIDENTS. 167 



White-throated Sparrow; Peabody Bird: Zono- 

 trichia albicollis. 



A black crown divided by white stripe; white patch on 

 throat; yellow line before eye and bend of wing yellow; 

 upper parts brown streaked with black; two white wing- 

 bars; under parts whitish. Length 6^ inches. September 

 28 to May 20. Very common. 



Tree Sparrow; Winter Chippy: Spizella monticola. 



Crown bright chestnut; line over eye, cheeks, throat and 

 breast gray; rest of plumage brownish streaked with darker; 

 black spot on throat; two whitish wing-bars. Length 6^ 

 inches. November i to April 5. Abundant winter visitant. 



Slate-colored Junco; Snowbird: Jiinco hyemalis. 



Upper parts, throat and breast slate color; belly pure 

 white; no wing-bars; outer tail-feathers white. Length 6^ 

 inches. October 5 to April 25. Abundant. 



Lincoln's Sparrow: Melospiza lincohiii. 



Lincoln's Sparrow, which is a rare migrant, is distin- 

 guished by a cream-buff band across the breast. Length 5^ 

 inches. May and October. 



Swamp Sparrow: Melospiza georgiana. 



Forehead black; crown chestnut-red, in winter with 

 black stripes; a gray line over the eye, and sides of neck 

 gray; back brown, broadly striped with black, with touches 

 of bufif and rusty; throat and belly white, breast grayish. 

 Length 5^ inches. April to May 15; September 25 to 

 October 30. Very common migrant; a few winter. 



Fox Sparrow: Passer clla iliaca. 



Our largest Sparrow. Upper parts reddish-brown, wings 

 and tail brighter; under parts whitish; throat, breast and 

 sides heavily spotted with reddish-brown like a Thrush. 

 Length 7^ inches. February to April 5; October 25 to 

 November. Abundant migrant; a few winter. 



