54 Lirds of Canada. 
Coturniculus passcrinius—The Yellow-winged 
Sparrow. 
This sparrow arrives in Ontario about the 
first week in May, and leaves early in September. 
It is about five inches long ; the feathers above, 
brownish-rufous ; the crown, black, with a yel- 
lowish-brown stripe ; the end of the wing, bright 
yellow ; the lower parts are brownish-yellow. 
Nests, on the ground; eggs, six, dull white, 
sprinkled with brown. Two broods are raised 
in the same season. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys —The White-crowned 
Sparrow. 
This bird visits us during the spring and 
autumn migrations. It arrives here from the 
south about the middle of May, and returns 
from the: north, where it breeds, in October. 
The song of the White-crowned Sparrow is 
clear, musical, and plaintive. This bird is over 
seven inches long, the wing three and a-quarter 
inches; the head above the upper half of the 
loral region, and a line through and behind the 
eye to the occiput, black; ..a patch upon sie 
crown, white; general color, pale ash above, 
and «white beneath. Keeds “on insects, “seeds: 
and berries. 
