[582.] BIRDS OF OREGON 



both spring and fall migration the two species will be found feeding 

 amicably together in the thickets and weed patches of the river bottoms 

 or along the fence rows of the cultivated lands. 



White-throated Sparrow: 



Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin) 



DESCRIPTION.- "Adult male: Throat pure white sharply contrasted with gray of breast; 

 head striped with black and white; superciliary yellow from bill to eyes; edge of 

 wing yellow; back and scapulars rusty brown streaked with blackish; rump oliva- 

 ceous or brownish. Adult female: sometimes indistinguishable from male, but usually 

 with coloration of head and under parts decidedly duller, crown stripe tinged with 

 brown and buffy. Young in first winter: like adult female, but duller, crown stripes 

 browner. Young: throat not distinctly whitish, and stripes on head brown and buffy 

 instead of black and white; yellow in front of eyes more or less distinct; under parts 

 brownish white, streaked, except on belly. M.ale: length (skins) 6.11-6.56, wing 

 1.85-3.04, tail 1.80-3.00, bill -41-.48. Female: length (skins) 5.91-6.30, wing 1.74- 

 1.88, tail 1.68-1.90, bill .44-. 46." (Bailey) Nest: On the ground or in low bushes, 

 made of grass, moss, strips of bark, and rootlets. Eggs: 4 or 5, white, finely and 

 uniformly speckled or heavily blotched with brown. 



DISTRIBUTION. General: Breeds from northern Mackenzie, Manitoba, Quebec, and 

 Newfoundland, to Alberta, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, and Penn- 

 sylvania. Winters from Missouri and Ohio Valleys south. In Oregon: Casual 

 straggler in both spring and fall. 



THIS ESSENTIALLY eastern bird, the White-throated Sparrow, straggles 

 more or less irregularly into Oregon, though considering the few col- 

 lectors in the State a surprising number of specimens have been taken. 

 Henshaw (1880) reported two individuals seen and one taken on the 

 Columbia River about 40 miles from The Dalles sometime during 1877 

 or 1878, and Beckham (1887) also reported this specimen. Walker (19140, 

 192.4) recorded taking a male, April 2.7, 1913, at Mulino, Clackamas 

 County, and a second specimen at Blaine, Tillamook County, October 2.5, 

 192.3. Cantwell took a bird at Philomath, Benton County, March 14, 

 1919, that is now in the Biological Survey collection. The latest speci- 

 men known to us was taken by Carl Richardson at Prospect, Jackson 

 County, October 13, 1933. In addition to these actual specimens, Dr. E. 

 Raymond Driver (letter to W. A. Eliot, November 9, 1932.) reported 

 having White-throated Sparrows at his feeding station at Central Point, 

 December 2.8, 192.7, October 10, 192.8, October 6, 192.9, November 2., 

 1930, and October 6 and November 9, 1932.. In view of these records it is 

 evident that this soft-plumaged sparrow may be looked for anywhere in 

 the State in both spring and fall migration. With an increased number 

 of competent observers it will probably be found to be a regular, though 

 rare, straggler. 



