WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 107 

 46. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 



Zonotrichia leucophrys 



The White-crowned Sparrow has ap- 

 peared in five of the nine years : on May 1 1, 

 1900; on May 8, 1902; on May 12 to 21, 

 1905 ; on May 20 to 23, 1907 ; and on May 

 12 to 18, 1908. In 1900 and 1902 one bird 

 only came each year. Three were recorded 

 on May 12, 1905, and two of these, which 

 were frequently heard in song, remained to 

 May 21, unless it be that there was a 

 succession of birds of this species passing 

 through, but as just two were recorded 

 each day of this period, it seems likely that 

 the same two birds remained ten days, 

 while the third bird of May 12 passed on. 

 The year 1905 was exceptional, therefore, 

 in comparison with the foregoing years, in 

 the continued presence of this species and 

 in its being in song. 



But in 1908, and again upon the same 

 date, May 12, as many as nine birds were 

 seen in the Garden and five others were 

 observed on the Common. Several were 



