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THE IOWA onNITHOLOGIflT. 



~>iil-{27(i) Zonotr'chia leucaphiys. 



(Forst.) 



WHITE CRO ;VNED SPARROW. 



Ritherrare; migrant; one of our 

 most brillia,iit Sparrows; sexes dis- 

 pimilar; female being much duller 

 than male; arrive in Vein Buren 

 County about, the first of April pass- 

 ing to the north ia two or three weeks; 

 M,re not plentifnl, lut are found in 

 fl -clis with "Z )notricbia alHiollis;" 

 have selJom seen them in the fall; 

 they inhibit thickets and hedge-rows; 

 hive a very pleasing song, but it is 

 rather low; are not shy, but require 

 close obseivation to distinguish them 

 from the Wbitethroatsd Sparrow" 

 ;W. G. Savage]; "migrant in Dallas 

 County" [J. Eugene LiwJ; "have 

 taken specimens in Mahaska County" 

 [W. A.Bryan]; "tolerably common 

 transient visitor in Poweshiek County" 

 [Ccirl K-elsey]; generally found singly 

 or in pairs. 



55S-{275) Zonotrichia albicoUis. (Ginel) 



WHITE THROATED SPARROW. 



Abundant; throughout the state; 

 September and October, April and 

 May; migrant; flocks; "common in 

 Winnebago County as a migrant; in 

 late April and early May, also in 

 October" |R. M. Anderson]; abund- 

 ant migrant in Jackson County; does 

 not breed here; arrived in 1894, April 

 17th and remained until May 13th, 

 during which time it was more 

 numerous than any other species of 

 birds in this immediate vicinity" [H. 

 J. Giddings]; 'migrant in Dallas 



County" [J. EiigeneL Lw] ; "our most 

 beautiful Sparrow; ariivfs in Van 

 Baren County about the last of 

 March and remains five or six weeks, 

 then passes to the north, returning 

 about the middle of September; in- 

 habits low thickets; very plentiful 

 while here" [^W. G. Savagf ] ; "common 

 transient visitor in Poweshiek County" 

 [Carl Kelse}]; "vinifs us in large 

 numbers in spring and fall migration; 

 Van Buren County" [William Savage. ; 

 i^r>9 — {2(i8.) Spizella. inonticola. (Guiel) 

 TREE SPARROW. 

 Very common throughout the state; 

 "winter resident in Jackson County ; 

 tolerably common; departs for the 

 north about the first of April" [H. J. 

 Giddings]; "common in the first and 

 last months of winter in Buena Vista 

 County; may stay all winter; noted 

 a flock on January 31st, 1891, which 

 would indicate winter residence" [Jno. 

 V, Crone] ; "common winter resident 

 in Winnebago County, but more 

 plentiful in the migrating season" [R. 

 M. Anderson]; "common in winter in 

 Dallas County" [J. Eugene Law]; 

 "the most abundant of winter visitors 

 in Mahaska County; comes in Novem- 

 ber and leaves in March" [W. A. 

 Bryan] ; common winter visitant in 

 Poweshiek County" [Carl Kelsey] ; 

 winter resident; October to April; 

 flocks. 



500— (209 ) Spizella socialis. (Wils.) 



CHIPPING SPARROW. 



Very common; throughout the 

 state; April to October; "an abund- 

 ant and interesting species in Mahaska 

 County; nests may be found in 

 hedges, evergreens, etc," [W. A. 



