HARRIS SPARROW. 



553. Zonotrichia querula. 7^2 inches. 



Adults in summer with the crown, face and throai: 

 black; in winter with the black areas mottled with 

 gray. 



This species is one of the largest of the Sparrows. It 

 is found abundantly on the prairies during migrations, 

 but about nesting time they all seem to disappear and 

 no one has, as yet, been able to locate their exact 

 breeding range. It is supposed to be among some of 

 the foothills of North Dakota and northward through 

 jNIanitoba and Saskatchewan, as they have been found 

 during the summer in all these localities. Nests sup- 

 posed to belong to this species have been found, but 

 they lack positive identification. 



Song. — A series of musical, piping whistles. 



Nest. — Supposed to be of grass and bark, a few 

 inches above the ground in weed stalks or small shrubs; 

 eggs whitish, thickly spotted with brown (.95 x .65). 



Range. — Interior U. S. from Texas ( in winter ) north 

 through the Plains and Mississippi Uj Manitoba. 



