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the Smithsonian grounds, and the same or another was seen about 

 the same time. Other individuals were taken elsewhere in the 

 Atlantic States that year. (Avifauna Columbiana, p. 66.) 



203. Zonotrichia leucophrys. White-crowned Spar- 

 row. — Rare in winter and in the migrations. Drs. Coues and 

 Prentiss report it as usually rare near Wasiiington, but have 

 known it to be in occasional years quite plentiful. Dr. Fisher 

 informs me that a few are seen there every fall ; he took speci- 

 mens at Munson's Hill, Virginia, October 13th, 1SS9. A single 

 specimen was observed by Mr. Ingersoll in Ritchie County, West 

 Virginia, and Rev. W. E. Hill reports it to the A. O. U. com- 

 mittee on migration as observed by him May 11, 1S84, in Han- 

 cock County. Mr. E. A. Brooks calls it a rare visitor in Upshur 

 County. Mr. Doan mentions having observed it along the Ohio. 



204. Zonotrichia albicoUis. White-throated Spar- 

 row. — Common winter resident of the Virginias, from October 

 to the middle of Mav ; more abimdant in the migrations. 



205. Spizella tnonticola. Tree Sparrow. — Common 

 winter resident of the Virginias. 



206. Spizella socialis. Chipping Sparrow. — Summer 

 resident of the Virginias from March to October ; breeds. Abun- 

 dant except in parts of the mountain region. 



207. Spizella pusilla. Field Sparrow. — Common and 

 more or less resident in the Virginias according to locality ; breeds. 

 Abundant in spring and autumn in eastern Virginia, 



20S. Junco hyemalis. Snow Bird. Abundant winter 

 resident of the Virginias from the middle of October to the last 

 of April. Mr. C. W. Beckham took, in Howard County, 

 Maryland, a specimen with white wing bars, as distinct as in J. 

 aikeni (The Auk, Vol. II, p. 306). 



209. Junco hyemalis carolinensis. Carolina Junco ; 

 Snow Bird. — Abundant and breeds on White Top iSIountain. 

 It is at present uncertain whether all the Snow Birds which 

 breed in the mountains of Virginia are typical or not of this 

 sub-species. As Mr. Brewster suggests (The Auk, Vol. Ill, 

 p. 109) it is not improbable that some may be intermediate. I 

 have also observed Snow Binls in summer on the Salt Pond 

 Mountain and on the summit of Humpback Mountain in the Blue 



