WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 109 
PEXLX. 
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 
THouGH the white-throats nest in the Adiron- 
dacks and other dense northern forest regions, they 
come to us for only about a month in spring and 
fall. In Northampton, Massachusetts, I have 
heard their clear spring whistles, — 
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coming from the wooded bank of Mill River, from 
the low bushes of the fields, and the undergrowth 
of the woods on the outskirts of the city; and in 
the fall have seen them in front of the houses 
scratching among the leaves under the evergreens 
of Round Hill. 
The first intimation I had of their return this 
fall was in the clearing one day, when I found two 
of them sitting atilt of a blackberry bush in front 
of me. As one of them sat facing me and the 
other had his back to me and only turned to look 
over his shoulder, I had a chance to note not only 
the white chin and ash-gray breast but the black 
striped chestnut back and the pretty five-striped 
crown, whose central grayish line is enclosed by 
