THE HARRIS SPARROW. 



reviving in his joy, it is resumed in all its vigor, until he appears to be really 

 overcome by the effort." 



This bird more frequently than others is found singing in the middle of 

 the very hottest days in summer. At such times his tremulous song comes to 

 the ear like the gurgling of sweet waters. Next after the Bachman I would 

 accord him the highest place in song among all sparrows. 



The accompanying illustration tells the story of nest and eggs perhaps 

 better than words. It is worth while to note that the picture was taken at 

 McConnelsville, in Morgan County, which must be quite near the limit of the 

 bird's present range. Dr. Wheaton first recorded the Lark Sparrow as an 

 Ohio bird in 1861. Since that time it has steadily increased in numbers, altho 

 it is nowhere a common bird. 



No. 31. 



HARRIS SPARROW. 



A. O. U. No. 553. Zonotrichia querula (Nutt). 



Synonym. — Hooded Crown Sparrow. 



Description — Adult male: Crown, lace, and throat jet black; sides of head 

 ashy white; breast and below white; sides, flanks, and crissum with a tawny wash 

 and obscurely streaked; above, brown of various shades, inclining to bay on the 

 nape, decidedly olivaceous on rump and upper tail-coverts ; feathers of upper back, 

 scapulars, and wing-coverts black centrally ; wings and tail fuscous ; bill coral- 

 red. Female : Similar but with black of head and throat restricted. In winter 

 the plumage of both sexes is toned down by ochraceous wash of upper parts and 

 sides, and the feathers of the crown are bordered narrowly with ashy or buff. 

 Length <>.jyj.j$ (171.5-196.9) ; wins; 3.20-3.60 (81.3-91.4) ; tail 3-30-3-75 (83.8- 

 95.3) (Ridgway). 



Recognition Marks. — Chewink size ; black hood (especially throat) of adults. 



Nesting. — Known only from Bendire's description of a set not certainly 

 identified. Eggs, similar in appearance to those of a Cardinal, but smaller. 



General Range. — Middle United States from Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa 

 west to middle Kansas and the Dakotas, and from Texas north to Manitoba. 

 Accidental on Vancouver Island and in British Columbia and Oregon. 



Range in Ohio. — Accidental; one record, Columbus, Ohio, April 28. 1889, by 

 Mr. J. E. Gould — reported by Mr. Oliver Davie. 



FOUR or five of these birds were observed by Mr. Gould as they fed in 

 a thicket in company with White Throated Sparrows (Z. albicollis), some 

 two miles north of Columbus. One specimen was secured and presented to 

 Mr. Oliver Davie. It is new in the O. S. U. collection. 



