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The GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (557. Zonotrichia cpronata) of the 

 Pacific coast region is of accidental occurrence in Wisconsin (Nelson, Bull. 

 Essex. Inst., VIII, 1876, 108). 



558. Zonotrichia albicollis (GmeL). WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. Ads. 

 A yellow line before the eye ; bend of the wing yellow; center of the crown with 

 a white stripe bounded on either side by much wider black stripes; a white 

 stripe from the eye passes backward along the side of the head ; back rufous 

 or rufous-brown, streaked with black and slightly margined with whitish; 

 rump grayish brown; greater and middle wing-coverts tipped with white; 

 tail grayish brown; underparts grayish, more so on the breast; throat with 

 a square white patch; belly whitish; flanks and under tail-coverts tinged with 

 grayish brown. Im. and Ads. in winter. Yellow before the eye, and on the 

 bend of the wing duller; crown streaks brownish ashy and mixed chestnut 

 and black, instead of white and black ; throat-patch less sharply defined and 

 in some (Im.) specimens practically obsolete when the breast is obscurely 

 streaked with blackish. L., 674; W., 2'89; T., 2'86; B., '44. 



Range. E. N. Am. Breeds in Canadian and lower Hudsonian zones 

 from n. Mackenzie (Ft. Good Hope), cen. Keewatin, and s. Ungava s. to 

 cen. Alberta, s. Mont., cen. Minn., cen. Wise., s. Ont., and mts. of n. Pa., 

 N. Y., and Mass. ; winters from Mo., the Ohio Valley, s. Pa., Mass, (casually 

 Maine), s. to ne. Mex. and Fla. ; casual in Ore., Calif., Utah, and Colo. 



Washington, very common W. V., abundant T. V., Mch. 18-May; 

 Sept. 15-Dec. 16. Ossining, common T. V., Apl. 10-May 21; Sept. 20- 

 Oct. 30; a few winter. Cambridge, very common T. V., Apl. 25-May 15; 

 Oct. 1-Nov. 10; a few winter. N. Ohio, common T. V., Apl 1-May 21; Sept. 

 10-Nov. 7. Glen Ellyn, common T. V., Apl. 9-May 26; Sept. 13-Nov. 7. 

 SE. Minn., common T. V., Apl. 8- ; Sept. 2 7 Nov. 13. 



Nest, of coarse grasses, rootlets, moss, strips of bark, etc., lined with finer 

 grasses, on the ground or in bushes. Eggs, 4-5, bluish white, finely and 

 evenly speckled or heavily and irregularly blotched with pale rufous-brown, 

 82 x '60. Date, Wilmurt, N. Y., May 28; Lancaster, N. H., June 5; Char- 

 lotte Co., N. B., June 5. 



In September, when the hedgerows and woodland undergrowths begin 

 to rustle with Sparrows, Jim- 

 cos, and Towhees, I watch 

 eagerly for the arrival of 

 these welcome fall songs- 

 sters. There are a few sweet, 

 tremulous trials before 

 their plaintive, sympathetic 

 whistle brings cheer to the 

 browning woods: 



Few birds are more sociable than the White-throats. At this season 

 they are always in little companies, and they frequently roost together 

 in large numbers in the depths of dense thickets or clumps of ever- 

 greens. After they have retired one may hear the sharp chink of their 

 'quarrier' chorus, and when darkness comes, with low, brooding notes 

 of cozy companionship they are hushed for the night. 



559. Spizella monticola monticola (Gmel). TREE SPARROW. Ads. 

 No black on the forehead ; an indistinct black spot on the center of the breast; 

 top of the head rufous-brown, sometimes edged with ashy; a grayish line 

 over the eye and a rufous-brown line behind it; back streaked with rufous- 

 brown, black, and pale ochraceous-buff ; rump pale grayish brown; greater 



