HARRIS SPARROW. 
553. Zonotrichia querula. 7% inches. 
Adults in summer with the crown, face and throat 
black; in winter with the black areas mottled with 
gray. 
This species is one of the largest of the Sparrows. It 
is found abundantly on the prairies during migrations, 
but about nesting time they all seem to disappear and 
no one has, as yet, been able to locate their exact 
breeding range. It is supposed to be among some of 
the foothills of North Dakota and northward through 
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, as they have been found 
during the summer in all these localities. Nests sup- 
posed to belong to this species have been found, but 
they lack positive identification. 
Song.—A series of musical, piping whistles. 
Nest.—Supposed to be of grass and bark, a few 
inches above the ground in weed stalks or small shrubs; 
eggs whitish, thickly spotted with brown (.95 x .65). 
Range.—Interior U. S. from Texas (in winter) north 
through the Plains and Mississippi to Manitoba. 
