I i\< BBS, >i'.\Ki:\\s. K'lv. 



restricted range than any other North American bird. Mr. Maynard 



C..IIM-I- T* it migratory, and .-lutes that it i- not fmind in Florida during 

 the wini'T. In tli_-lit aa well us iti h. ilut-. In- says, it resemble* the 

 Shar|>-tailed rather than the Seaside S|iarn>w t.l. nmritunux). Its nong 

 of low. sputtering notes is given while the bird Infers in the air, after 

 which it drops quickly into the gran. 



662. Chondeatec grammacua .<.<;/. LARK SPAKR..W; LAKE 

 tai f tin- crown and .. Mil, a whitudi line 



<ivi-r the e\ e and thriiu'l' tin- center <>t the crown ; a black streak on the Hides 

 of the throat; up|er part* hrownUh ash ; back streaked with blackish; tail 

 fbaoooa or black, the <>utT feather* tipped 

 with white; uii.l<-r part- white, a Miuill 

 black ]*>l in the middle of the breast. 

 1^, *>; W., 3-50: :..-45. 



K>in<it. Interior of North America, 



eastward to Illinois; breeds from Texan 



to Manitoba; accidental on the Atlantic 



coant (Matwachuitetts, Long Iiiland, New 



rii-t t>f Columbia, Florida). 



Waxhinffton, A. V., July, Aug., two 

 captures. F,o. 85.-Lark8g.rrow. (Natural 



jKutf, of grasses, lined with rootlets, 



fine grasses, and long hairs, on the ground or in low trees or bushes. K<jyi, 

 three to five, white or pinkish white, spotted, blotched, or scrawled with pur- 

 plish or black, chiefly nt the larger end, '78 x ;.60. 



This is an exceedingly common bird in the west. It frequents 

 localities of much the same nature as those selected by the Grass 

 Finch, ami in its general habits and song reminds one of that species. 



664. Zonotrichla leucophrys (Ant). WHITK-I -ROWHED SPAR- 

 aow. A'L No ><!!.. \v t.-t'orc tin <y. or on the bend of the wing; center of 

 the crown with a white stripe In.r.lered on either *ide by bluek .-trip-s, all of 

 about equal width; no white before the eye; a white line from ocr the eye 

 passes backward alom; the .-Me of the lu-ml ; nope gray; back dark . 

 brown, margine.1 witli gray; rump dark brownUh asli ; greater and mi<llle 

 wing-coverts tipped with white; tail fiwcoti* ; under parts grayish white mi 

 the belly, flanks and under tail-coverts cream-buff. 7m. Generally similar, 

 but sides of the crown rufous-brown he crown pale grayish brown; 



nape brownish ash ; back margined with the same color. L., 6-88; W., 8-03; 

 ' ; B., -43. 



Hniujt. "Breeding frrn higlicr mountain range* of western United 

 States, s . rr.i N<vada, Rocky Mountains, and eastward, north of the Great 

 Lakes, to Labrador; in winter, over whole of I'nited States, and south into 

 1.TWA 



Washington, irregularly common W. V. and T. V.. A pi. 15 to May 15; 

 Oct. 15 to Nov. 30. Sing Sing, rare T. V., May 9 to tt ; Oct. 3 to 80. Cam- 

 bridge, uncommon T. V., May 12 to M; Oct. 1 to SO. 



