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 

 a migrant, it 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. A clear, sweet, piping see-dee-dee-dee-de-e; 

 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 (.90x.63). 



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

 ward and in high ranges south to Mexico. 



