298 GRAY LADY AND THE BIRDS 
Tree-sparrow. (See page 249.) 
White-throated Sparrow. The most beautiful of all our 
Sparrows; a plump handsome bird. White throat 
and crown stripes. Back striped with black, bay, 
and whitish. Rump light olive-brown. Bay edg- 
ings to wings, and two white cross-bars; under- 
parts gray. Yellow spot before eye. Female, crown 
brown, markings less distinct. Song, sweet and 
plaintive ‘‘ Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody !” 
Abundant migrant; also a winter resident from 
September to May. 
Junco. (See page 250.) 
Myrtle Warbler. (See page 250.) 
Winter Wren. (See page 247.) 
Golden-crowned Kinglet. (See page 249.) 
Brown Creeper. (See page 184.) 
Northern Shrike. A roving winter resident with Hawk- 
like habits, Hawklike in flight: called ‘“‘ Butcher-bird,” 
from its meat-eating habits. 
Length: 9-10.50 inches. 
Male and Female: Powerful head, neck, and blackish 
beak with hooked point. Above bluish ash, lighter 
on the rump and shoulders. Wide black bar on each 
side of the head from the eye backward. Below, light 
gray with a brownish cast, broken on breast and sides 
by waved lines of darker gray. Wings and tail black, 
edged and tipped with white. Large white spot on 
wings, white tips and edges to outer quills of tail. 
Legs bluish black. 
A eall-note, and in its breeding-haunts a sweet, 
warbling song. 
