ISO Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 



ground or in a small tree, the eggs being singularly handsome, of a ci-ystal- 

 white ground-color, peculiarly marked with irregular lines and spots of black 

 round the larger end. 



Genus Zonotrichia, Swainson. 



106. Z. querula (Nutt.) Gamb. Harris's Sparrow. Casual visitor from the 

 west. [Taken by W. H. Garman, at Normal, McLean county, November 14, 

 1879, and near Bloomington, in spring of 1877]. (See Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, 

 January, 1880, p. 30.) 



107. Z.leucophrys{¥Qxsi.)'^vf. White-crowned Sparrow. Transient north- 

 ward; winter sojourner southward. 



[Z. ganibeli intermedia, Ridgw. Western White-crowned Sparrow. Ob- 

 tained near Racine, Wisconsin, April 20, 1871, by Dr. P. R. Hoy. Fide Nelson, 

 p. 107.] 



\^Z. coronata (Pallas) Baird. Golden- crowned Sparrow. A single specimen 

 obtained near Racine, Wisconsin, in April, 1858, by Dr. Hoy. Fide Nelson, 

 p. 108.] 



*108. Z. aTbicollis[Qtva.e\.)'Q-g. White-throated Sparrow. Winter sojourner 

 southward. A "rare summer resident" in northern counties [fide Nelson, 

 p. 108). 



Genus Spizeli,a, Bonaparte. 



109. S. montana (Forst.) Ridgw. Tree Sparrow. Winter sojourner. An 

 almost constant companion of the preceding. 

 '// *'^'*110. S. t?omes^jc« (Bartr.)Coues. Chipping Sparrow. Summer sojourner, 

 occasionally wintering southward (?). 



*111. S. pallida (Swains.) Bp. Clay-colored Sparrow. Summer resident 

 in certain semi-prairie districts westward and northward. 

 l^ffJ f^\^*112. S. pusilla [Wilson) Bip. Field Sparrow. Summer sojourner north- 

 ward; resident southward. 



Genus Junco, Wagler. 



113. J. hyemalis (Linn.) Scl. Common Snowbird. Winter sojourner, 



114. J. oregonus (Towns.) Scl. Oregon Snowbird. Chicago, October 14, 

 1875; one specimen. [H. K. Coale, Ball. Nutt. Orn. Club, July, 1877, p. 82.J 



Genus Peuc^a, Audubon. 



*115. P.cestivalis ilUnoensis, Ridgw. Oak-woods Span-ow. Summer resi- 

 dent in the southern third of the state, but veiy local; has been obtained only 

 in Wabash and Richland counties, where not discovered until 1871. The typica,l 

 form of the species has been recorded only from lower South Carolina and 

 Georgia, aaid adjacent parts of Florida. Inhabits chiefly neglected fields, more 

 or less grown up with weeds or bushes, and surrounded by woods. The favorite 

 perch of the male while singing is an old dead tree, from which, at midday, 

 in the most sultiy weather of July and August, he pours forth his simple chant 

 of exceedingly clear and sweet notes; but upon the least alarm dives into the 

 bushes or weeds, and thus easily conceals itself. 



