558. Zonotrichia albicollis 

 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, Peabody Bird. 6 1-2 in. 



Male. Above, head black and white striped ; line in front of the 



eye and bend of wing yellow; back reddish brown striped with black ; 



wing bars white. Below grayish ; throat white. Female. Similar, 



markings less distinct. 



A large, handsome sparrow. A few winter in Massachusetts. 



Common migrant spring and autumn. Arrives the last week in 



April. 



Song. Clear, plaintive whistle of five to eleven notes, the first 

 two the longest, "pea, pea, peabody , peabody, peabody" 

 Nest. Chiefly on the ground, in woodlands and bushy places. 

 Breeds. In northern New England. 



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