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122. [558] Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmel. ). White- throated Sparrow.* 



Abundant migrant. March 8, '03 (W. L. M.) to May 16. September 

 24 to November 22. Possibly rare winter resident. Reported January 29, 

 1903 (P. J. H.). 



Song heard as early as March 9, 1903 and as late as November 8, 

 1902. On this late date the songs were loud, clear and distinct. "They 

 remain with us in spring as late as they can. Often they are seen mating, 

 and some years, when they lingered long, they have been observed 

 carrying sticks, as though they had thought to begin nest-building. Some 

 year when they remain late, I shall not be surprised to learn that the im- 

 perative demands of nature have impelled some of them to make their 

 summer homes with us and build their nests" (A. W. Butler). "April 

 30, 1902, in a brush heap, in an old orchard, I found a White-throated 

 Sparrow building a nest. The bottom of the nest was made of twigs, but 

 every time she carried any material to the nest, a Catbird would fly 

 down and take it away. The Catbird fought and chased the Sparrows 

 until they left the nest unfinished" (Gertrude Hitze). 



The bulk of the species departed May 10, 1885 (C. H. B.). 



MIGEATION RECORD. 



