Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 



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specimens in Adams County, Illinois (The Auk, Vol. VII, 1890, p. 241). 

 Mr. Isaac E. Hess writes me he has taken it at Philo, Illinois, and Mr. 

 Frank S. Daggett records a specimen taken by Mr. L. E. Wyman at 

 Beach Lake Co., Illinois, October 13, 1907 (The Auk, Vol. XXV, 

 1908, p. 82). Mr. Chas. K. Worthen informs me he has taken it near 

 Warsaw, 111. 



Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister give numerous records of the 

 occurrence of this species in different parts of Wisconsin, and state 

 that in their opinion the bird " is becoming more common in Wis- 

 consin than formerly." (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 98.) 



256. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.). 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



Distr. : North America and northern Mexico ; breeding in the 

 Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and from the extreme northern 

 border of the United States to Ungava, Labrador, and probably 

 Greenland. 



Adult male: Xo yellow anywhere on head or edge of carpus; 

 crown, black, divided in the centre by a broad white stripe, a white 



_^— , ..^sfe ===._ .-^ _^ line from above and somewhat 



behind the eye extends backward, 

 bordered below by a black streak; 

 nape, gray; back, grayish, streaked 

 with brown; rump, grayish olive; 

 throat, ashy, shading to grayish 

 on the breast; belly, white; flanks 

 and under tail coverts, pale olive 

 buff; edge of carpal joint, whitish 

 or white; primaries and tail, gray- 

 ish brown; wing coverts, tipped 

 with white; sexes, similar. 

 Length, about 6.50; wing, 3.15; tail, 3.10; bill, .38. 

 A common spring and fall migrant in Illinois and Wisconsin and 

 has been known to breed in Wisconsin. Messrs. Kumlien and Hol- 

 lister say: "The white-crown is a common migrant, usually in the 

 scattered flocks of white-throats, fox and other hedge and brush-lov- 

 ing sparrows. It also nests very sparingly in the state. Dr. Hoy 

 reported that a few nested near Racine. It was also taken at Cedar- 

 burg in June, 1882, when two of the five young barely able to fly were 

 taken. In 1873 it nested on the north shore of Lake Monona, at Mad- 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



