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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 58. WHITE THROATED SPARROW. 



Genus: Zonotrichia. Species: Z, albicollis. 



Distribution : 



An abundant summer resident of northern, often wintering 



in protected localities in southern New England. 

 Date of Arrival: 



Last of April. Northward about thi'ee weeks later. 

 Date of Departure: 



Early November. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish chestnut streaked with black and bufT, 

 crown black, bordered and with a central line of white, which 

 does not meet at nape, eye line yellow ; under parts, throat 

 and belly white, breast and sides of head ash. Bill dark, 

 feet pale. Length about 6.75. ^ 



Song and Other Notes: 



An exquisite song like " Pea-pea-peabody-peabody-peabody," 

 and a lisp. 



Haunts: 



AVoodland, sere fields on migration, spruce growth in the 

 north. 



