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Texas to Manitoba ; accidental on the Atlantic coast. There are 

 two records for this vicinity, Sayville, L. I., August 20, 1879 (Earle, 

 Bull. N. O. C., VI, 1881, p. 58) and Schraalenburg, N. J., Novem- 

 ber 26, 1885 (Chapman, Auk, III, 1886, p. 136). 



*24Q. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.\ WHITE-CROWNED 

 SPARROW. (554.) "Breeding from higher mountain ranges of 

 western United States, Sierra Nevada, Rocky Mountains, and east- 

 ward, north of the Great Lakes, to Labrador ; in winter, over 

 whole United States, and south into Mexico" (Ridgw.}. This 

 species occurs here as a rather rare migrant, passing northward in 

 May and returning in October. 



FIG. 24. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



*250. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel.\ WHITE-THROATED 

 SPARROW. (558.) Eastern North America, breeding from northern 

 Michigan, and occasionally Massachusetts, northward to Labrador, 

 and wintering from Connecticut to Florida. This species is here 

 an abundant migrant and locally common winter resident. It 

 arrives from the north the latter part of September and remains 

 with us until May. 



*25i. Spizella monticola (Gmel.}. TREE SPARROW. (559.) 

 Eastern North America, breeding in Labrabor and the region 

 about Hudson Bay ; south in winter, through eastern United 

 States, west to the edge of the Great Plains. With us this bird 



