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554. Zoiiotrichia leucophrys {Forst.) 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



Transient visitant, ccasionally abundant. Earliest spring arrivals recorded at 

 Manchester, May 6th, 1896; average date, 1S96 to 1899, May 9th. The birds are 

 occasionally heard in full song about the 13th of May. The song is brilliant and 

 sweet, somewhat resembling. that of the vesper sparrow but wilder. The usual 

 notes, given at intervals while the birds are feeding, are a plaintive imitation of 

 the white throat's notes, thg first phrase like " Ok-dear-?ne" uttered very slowly 

 with a rising inflection ; the second, after a long pause, '■'■ pee-peiu-petv^'' also very 

 slowly, but with a falling inflection. 



^^S. Zoiiotricliia albicollis ( Gvtel.) 



White-throated Sparrow. Peabody Bird. 



Common transient visitant ; also not common summer resident. 



The fact that this species, formerly supposed to be only a transient visitant, is 

 also a summer resident, at least in the vicinity of Manchester, has been verified 

 beyond question. Nests and eggs have been found in Bedford by Mr. Louis H. 

 Rundlett, now superintendent of schools in Concord, and on Oak hill in Man- 

 chester by Mr. George Bisco and the late Mr. WiUiam W. Colburn, and the char- 

 acteristic song has been heard for several successive summers on the plains in the 

 vicinity of Goffe's Falls. , 



559. Spizella iiioiiticola ( G";;z^/.) Tree Sparrow. 



Common transient visitant in spring and fall. Less common winter visitant. 



560. Spizella socialls ( Wils.) Chipping Sparrow. 



Common summer resident. 



563. Spizella pusilla ( Wils.) Field Sparrow. 



Common summer resident. 



567. Juiico liyeiiialis {Limi.) 



Junco. Slate-colored Snowbird. 



Common transient visitant in spring and fall ; rare winter visitant. 



581. Melospiza f asciata ( 6"7;z,?/.) Song Sparrow. 



Very common summer resident. 



584. Melosplza g-eorgiaiia (Z«///.) Swamp Sparrow. 



Not uncommon summer resident. 



