Fni.vrirr.MD.E — TiiH nxciiE^s. 



i>. S. atrigularis. Ilcud iiinl iici'k all niiiinl, mid riiiiip, iiiiiliinu 

 (lark asli, jnadiiaily tii(liiij; into wliito on tliu alulonion ; wing- 

 l)anils inilistliicl ; lill! liyht l>rowiiisli-rt'(l. Ail. Loi-t.'s, chin, and 

 M]i|i('r iiail dl' throat lilai'k. Jur. williniit lilacic iiliout tlio luiud. 

 (hVirs inikiiiiwn.) lliih. AdJactMit imi'lioiis ol' Moxifo and soutliL'i'n 

 Middle I'idviiirc (if I iiIiimI Status (Kurt Wliiiipli.', Arizona, Coues; 

 CnpL- St. Lni as, Xantis). 



Spizella monticola, Daird. 



TBEl^ SPARROW. 



Fi-itiijUhi. iiiim/icoli), fiM. Syst. Nat. I, 1788, !tl-2. Zniiolrii-liin movlknli, OijAV, Ocnpra. 

 SiiitiiksmoHlh-tiUiii, Caiia-;is, SFus. Hciii. IS'il, VA\. S/ihHli( Mnii/ir„/,i, liAiiin, I'.inls 

 X. Am. IS.'iS, 472. - Cin-i-.s, P. A. N. S. 18fn, 224 (l.al.nidoi). — Cniii.KU Jt SnuMiY, 

 20:! (WasJdni^tiiii Tcv.). — Dai.i, & I'.anm.si r.i;, 'I'r. Ch, Ar. I, lsti!», 285. — Ckupki!, 

 • •ill. Cal. I, 2(Mi. — Sami'KI.s, ;!17. Piis.irr cniiK/ciinix, \iKlaaus, Oiii. Ill, 17UI), 102. 

 Fn'iiiii"" '■iiiiiii/cii.ii.i, \.\TU. Iiiilc.v, I, 171I0, 434. — Al-i>. Oni. Uioj,'. II, 1834, .'.11 ; 

 V, .".114, 111. ilxxxviii. — Ma.v. Cal.. .lour. VI, IS'.S, 280. JCiiiUrhu caniKkimi.'i, Sw. 

 F. li. Am. II, 1831, 252. —An.. Syn. 1831). — In. Hiids Am. Ill, 1841, 83, pi. rlxvi. 

 SphrUii citimihtVfis, l!,i.\. List, 1838. — In. C'oiisp('ctiis, 1850, 480. FriinjillK. (irhumi, 

 AV11..S. Am. (till. II, 1810, 12, 1.1. xii, f. 3. Xrninani da Oiimkt, HuFFux, PI. Enl. 

 223, f. 2. "Miiaii/diit Fiiic/i," Lath. Syn. II, 1, 205. 



Sp. f'liAU. Xliddlu o!' back with the Ibathcis dark lirown contially, tlion rufous, and 



cdfTcd with palo fiilvou.* (.>;nnictinu'.>< with whit- 

 ish). ILjod and iippor part ol' nape oontiiiiiou.s 

 chestnut; a hue of the .same from boliind the 

 eye, as well as a sIk.iI maxillary .stripe. Sides 

 of head and neek ashy. A l.road lii,dit super- 

 •^ ciliary hand. IJeneath wliiti.-h, tinf^cd wilh liil- 

 vous; the throat, with ashy; a small circular 

 Motch of browiii.<li in tho middh? of the upper 

 part of the breast ; the sides (chestnut. Edu'cs of 

 tail-leathers, primary ipiills, and two bands across 

 the tips of the .secondaries, white. Terliaries 

 nearly black ; eili^cil externally with rufous, turn- 

 ing to white near the tips. Lower jaw yellow; 

 upper black. Young bird streaked on throat 

 and breast, as well as on crown. Length, (..25 

 inches ; wing, ;}.00. 

 Hah. Eastern North America to the Missouri, north to Arctic Ocean ; also on Pole 

 Creek and Little Colorado River, Xcw Mexico; Wivstern Nevada. 



This species varies in the aiuount of whitisli edging to the tiuills and 

 tail. 



Habits. Essentially a nortliern bird, the Tree Sparrow breeds in high 

 Arctic regions, only apiietiring in winter within tlie United Stiites. It is then 

 common as far sontli as rennsylvania. A few winter in South Carolina. 



It arrives on the Saskatchewan in the latter part of April, where it only 



■t/'a hi"n!, 



