Birds of Canada. 55 
Z. albicollis—The White-throated Sparrow. 
The White-throated Sparrow is seven inches 
long; the crown with two black stripes, sepa- 
rated by one of white ; a broad yellow stripe to 
the middle of the eye, and white behind it; 
upper part of breast, dark ash; edge of wing, 
yellow ; the back, rufous-brown ; the belly, and 
two bands across the wings, white. This beau- 
tiful sparrow arrives in Ontario about the first 
of May. Its song is indescribably sweet and 
musical. I have frequently heard it at night, 
when passing through the woods. Its food con- 
sists of seeds, berries, and insects. They collect 
in small flocks about the middle of October, 
and leave for the south. Nests, on the ground ; 
eggs, four, grayish-white. 
Funco hyemalis—The Snow Bird. 
The general color of this bird is grayish or 
ashy-black ; the breast, belly, and second exter- 
nal tail feathers, white; the third tail feather, 
white, margined with black. Length, six inches, 
This well-known bird arrrives here in large flocks 
during the winter, and is quite tame. Their 
migrations extend from-the Arctic circle to the 
Gulf of Mexico. Numbers of these birds remain 
here through the summer; they build their nests, 
in stumps, or ina clump of moss; eggs, white, 
spotted with reddish-brown and grayish-white. 
