PINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



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olina; Gulf 



Fio. 85.— Lark Sparrow. (Natural 

 size.) 



restricteil range than any other North American bird. Mr. Maynard 

 cons-idors it rnignitory, and state.s that it is not found in Florithi during 

 the winter. In flight as well as in habit.s he say.s, it resembles tho 

 Sharp-tailed rather than the Seaside Sparrow (.1. marifimus). Its song 

 of low, sputtering notes is given wliile the bird hovers in the air, after 

 which it (hops (juickly into the grass. 



668. CThondestes grammacus (S<ti/). L.xkk Si>akkow; Lakk 

 Finch. J(/.— Sides of tliu erown uiid ear-coverts ehestiiut, a wliitisli line 

 over the eye and tlirniiuli tlie center of the crown; a Muck !*treuk on the ^sidcs 

 of tlic tlirnut ; iiiipcr jiarts brownish ash ; liack streaked with blackish; tail 

 fuscous or black, tiie outer feathers tipped 

 with wliite; under parts white, a small 

 black spot in the middle of tin- breiust. 

 L., t'rJ.T; VV., 3-50; T., 'J-To; B., -45. 



linmje. — Interior of North America, 

 eastward to Illinois; breeds from Texas 

 to Manitoba; . ■■ "dental on the Atlantic 

 coast (Massacl usetts, Lonjr Island. New 

 Jersey, District of t'olund)ia, Floriila). 



Wasldngton, A. V., July, Aug., two 

 cal)tures. 



Nid^ of grasses, lined with rootlets, 

 fine grasses, and loni,' hairs, on the f,'rounil or in low trees or btislies. AV/_^j«, 

 three to tive, white or pinkish white, spotted, blotched, or scrawled with pur- 

 plish or black, chietly at the larger end, -78 x •(10. 



This is an exceedingly common bird in the west. It frequents 

 localities of much the same nature as those selected by the Grass 

 Finch, and in its general habits and song reminds out of that species. 



664. Zonotrichia leucophrys {Forxt.). Wiiite-crowneu Spar- 

 row. Ad. — No yellow before the eye or on the bend of the winj,', center of 

 the crown with a white stripe bordered on either side by black stripes, all of 

 about equal width ; no white before the eye; a wliite line from octr the eye 

 passes backward alonj: the side of the head; nape gray; back dark grayish 

 brown, margined with ^rray ; rump dark browinsh ash ; greater and middle 

 winir-eoverts tipped with white; tail fuscous; under parts f.'rayish white on 

 the belly, flanks and under tail-coverts cream-buff. //«.— (ienerally similar, 

 but sides of the crown rufous-])rown. center of the crown pale grayish brown; 

 nape brownish ash; back margined with the same color. L., ti'«8; W., 3'03; 

 T., 2-S8 ; B., -43. 



ii'a«;/(".— ^" lircedins from lii<rher mountain ranges of western United 

 States, Sierra Nevada, Uocky Mountains, and i'a.->twaril. north of the Great 

 Lakes, to Labrador; in winter, over whole of United States, and south into 

 Mexico" (Ridirw.). 



Washiuirto!!, irregularly common W. V. and T. V^., A pi. 15 to May l.'i; 

 Oct. irj to Nov. 30. Siiiff Sing, rare T. V., May 9 to 20; Oct. 3 to 30. Cam- 

 bridge, uncommon T. V., May 12 to 22; Oct. 1 to 20. 



