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spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with cinnamon- 
brown or blackish markings. 
Up to this time the Chippy has given us a good oppor- 
tunity to see his chestnut cap and black forehead, but 
when the nesting season is over he will change these for 
a cap to match his coat, and with others of his kind gather 
in old, weedy fields, remaining there until cold weather 
drives him southward. 
About the time of the first frost a new Sparrow will 
appear in the hedgerows and thickets bon net 
White-threated wth of the woods. e white pate 
; fa Me throat may aid in his identifica- 
Zonotrichia albicollis. tion as the White-throated Sparrow, a 
PlateXLVI. = =Northern bird who in the summer 
nests from northern New England northward, and in 
winter is found from southern New England to the Gulf 
of Mexico. 
He is disposed to be rather quiet for several days 
after his arrival, and, beyond a few low notes addressed 
to his companions, has little to say; but if you whistle 
to him even a poor imitation of his song, nearly every 
bird in the company will hop ug from the tangle of 
branches and, perching on the outer twigs, look for the 
friends who called. Perhaps some may essay a tremulous 
response, but for a week or more they will make few at- 
tempts to sing. Later, you will hear the sweet, plaintive 
notes that give to this bird the name Peabody-bird. 
The White-throat’s call-notes are a low tseep and a 
ry characteristic sharp chink, which has been well 
likened by Mr. Bicknell to the sound of a marble cut- 
ter’s chisel’ At this season the White-throats roost to- 
gether in flocks of varying size, and if you chance to be 
near their home at bedtime you will hear this chink note 
given as a “quarriers’ chorus.” Finally, as the gloom 
deepens, it will cexse, and from the dark depths of the 
