218 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



200. White.CROWNEd Sparrow. Zonotrichia Icucophrys (Forst.) 

 Rare migrant in the west, young male taken October 16, 1889, 



in Buncombe county, by Cairns ; accidental Raleigh. 



201. White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albkolUs. (Gmel.) 

 Abundant winter visitor in all sections of the State. 



202. Chipping Sparrow. Spize/Ia socia/is. (Wils.) 

 Common summer visitor in the mountain and middle sections ; 



resident in the east. Breeds throughout the State. 



203. Clay-colored Sparrow. Spizdla pullida. (Swains.) 

 Only record is that of Atkinson, one taken at Chapel Hill, March 



8, 1886. 



204. Field Sparrow. Sfizella pucilla. (Wils.) 



Common, generally distributed resident throught all sections. 

 Breeds. 



205. EnglIvSH Sparrow. Passer domesticiis. (Linn.) 

 Common in town and villages, and rapidly going into the coun- 

 try. Breeds. 



206. Slate-colored Junco. yunco hyemalis. (Linn.) 

 Abundant winter visitor in all sections. " Snow Bird." 



207. Carolina Junco. yunco hvc/nalis carolinensis. (Brewst.) 

 Common resident on the higher mountains of the western sec- 

 tion, goes down into the valleys during the winter. Breeds, 



208. Bachman's Sparrow. Peuccea cestivalis bachmanii. (Aud.) 

 Summer visitor, tolerably common in the west, but rarer to the 



eastward; one seen at the Newbern Fair, February, 1892. Nests 

 have been found ia Buncombe, Guilford, Orange, and Wake coun- 

 ties. Found breeding, by Maynard, at Wilmington, June, 1876. 



209. Song Sparrow. Melosfiza fasciaia. (Gmel. 

 Common winter visitor throughout all portions of the State. 



210. Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincului. (Aud.) 



One male taken by Cairns, May 6, 1893, ^^ ^^^^ French Broad 

 River. 



211. Swamp Sparrow. Melospiza gear giana. (Lath.) 

 Common wintr visitor In the eastern and middle sections ; com- 

 mon transient in the mountains. 



212. Fox Sparrow. Passer ella iliaca. (Merr.) 

 Common winter visitor in all sections. 



213. Towhee. Pipilo erythrophthahnus. (Linn.) 



Nearly, if not quite a resident in the east ; winter visitor in the 

 middle section ; resident in the mountains. Breeds in the west. 



