WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



554. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 7 inches. 



Adults with a white crown bordered by black, the 

 black covering the lores or space before the eye (the 

 sub-species found west of the Rockies have the lores 

 white) . 



We know these birds in the U. S., except in moun- 

 tain ranges or in the extreme northern parts, only as 

 migrants, they then being found in brushy woodlots or 

 along roadsides. In the north they are found in deep- 

 ly wooded ravines and on side hills. While with us 

 they rarely if ever sing, but in their summer home 

 they have a clear tinkling song like that of the White- 

 throated Sparrow, with which we see them associated 

 here. 



Song 1 . A clear, sweet, piping "see-dee-dee-dee-de-e; v 

 call note a sharp chip. 



Nest. Usually on the ground under patches of brush 

 or bushes. The four or five eggs are whitish profusely 

 spotted with brown (.90 x .63). 



Range. N. A., breeding from northern U. S. north- 

 ward and in high ranges south to Mexico. 

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