2b Kopman, Birds of Louisiana. [jan. 



July 23, 1908, contained four young a few days old. It was built of grass 

 and the opening, on the side, was rather large. It was four feet from the 

 ground in Avicennia nitida, a bush that is common along the coast. 



230. Lark Sparrow (Chondestes gratnmacus grammacus) . Occurs casu- 

 ally and at various seasons in the eastern part of the State. It is doubtless 

 a resident wherever found, and I think it is likely it will be found fairly 

 common in the western part as well. Have noted it also on the coast 

 of Mississippi. In Louisiana I have seen it in Madison, Caldwell, St. 

 James, Plaquemines and St. Mary parishes. 



231. White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys). 

 A decidedly rare bird in most if not all parts of the State. Have noted it 

 in the late autumn and late spring but never in midwinter. Noted several 

 adult males in song at New Orleans on May 1 and 2, 1897, an immature 

 bird at Covington, Nov. 25, 1899, and an immature bird at Biloxi, Miss., 

 Nov. 10, 1905. 



232. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). A very 

 abundant winter visitor, especially in the wooded alluvial portion of the 

 southeast. The earliest fully verified record of arrival is Oct. 13, 1900, at 

 Covington, and it was seen on the same date in 1897 at Ariel, Amite county, 

 Miss. It becomes fairly common about the end of October, and very 

 common in November with the first cold weather. It remains common 

 until the early part of April, and the last is usually seen a few days after 

 April 20. The latest date of departure is April 27, 1903, at New Orleans. 



233. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina passerina). This species 

 is entirely absent from the fertile alluvial region of the southeastern part 

 of the State, in the prairie section, and doubtless in all low wooded lands 

 along the Mississippi river similar to those in the southeast. In the piner- 

 ies and wooded uplands it is a common resident, increasing very much in 

 numbers in winter, of course, especially in the pineries of the southern part 

 of the State. It became common at Covington, Nov. 11, 1899, at Ariel, 

 Miss., Oct. 25, 1897, at Bay St. Louis, Miss., Oct. 31, 1901, and at Biloxi, 

 Miss., Nov. 15, 1905. The bulk of winter visitors left Ellisville, Jones 

 county, Miss., April 15, 1907. 



234. Field Sparrow {Spizella pusilla pusilla). Never very common 

 in the lowland sections of the State; breeds as far south as West Baton 

 Rouge parish, however. Does not breed on the coast of Mississippi. The 

 first was seen at Biloxi, Miss., Oct. 6, 1905, and there was a marked influx 

 of winter visitors at Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 22, 1910. 



235. Slate-colored Jttnco {J unco hyemalis hyemalis). Decidedly 

 rare in the extreme southern part of the State. Fairly common in winter 

 at Covington. In 1897, the first was seen at Ariel, Miss., on Nov. 12. In 

 1907, the last was seen at Ellisville, Miss., on March 31. 



236. Bachman's Sparrow (Peucoza aestivalis bachmani). A fairly com- 

 mon resident in the pineries and in mixed upland growths of hardwood and 

 pine, especially in small oak and pine thickets. Sings chiefly in the late 

 winter, spring and early summer, being heard often in concert with the Pine 

 Warbler. 



