WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 109 



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WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



THOUGH the white-throats nest in the Adiron- 

 dacks and other dense northern forest regions, they 

 come to us for only about a month in spring and 

 fall. In Northampton, Massachusetts, I have 

 heard their clear spring whistles, 



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coming from the wooded bank of Mill River, from 

 the low bushes of the fields, and the undergrowth 

 of the woods on the outskirts of the city ; and in 

 the fall have seen them in front of the houses 

 scratching among the leaves under the evergreens 

 of Eound Hill. 



The first intimation I had of their return this 

 fall was in the clearing one day, when I found two 

 of them sitting atilt of a blackberry bush in front 

 of me. As one of them sat facing me and the 

 other had his back to me and only turned to look 

 over his shoulder, I had a chance to note not only 

 the white chin and ash-gray breast but the black 

 striped chestnut back and the pretty five-striped 

 crown, whose central grayish line is enclosed by 



