WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 
554. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 7 inches. 
Adults with a white crown bordered by black, the 
black covering the lores or space before the eye (the 
sub-species found west of the Rockies have the lores 
white). 
We know these birds in the U. S., except in moun- 
tain ranges or in the extreme northern parts, only as 
migrants, they then being found in brushy woodlots or 
along roadsides. In the north they are found in deep- 
ly wooded ravines and on side hills. While with us 
they rarely if ever sing, but in their summer home 
they have a clear tinkling song like that of the White- 
throated Sparrow, with which we see them associated 
here. 
Song.—A clear, sweet, piping ‘“see-dee-dee-dee-de-e ;” 
call note a sharp chip. 
Nest.—Usually on the ground under patches of brush 
or bushes. The four or five eggs are whitish profusely 
spotted with brown (.90 x .63). 
Range.—N. A., breeding from northern U. 8. north- 
ward and in high ranges south to Mexico. 
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