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JNIany observers speak of its song as only an occasional 

 "chirp." During the spring and autumn migrations the 

 golden-crowned warbler passes through the states of Ore- 

 gon and Washington. Writing of its appearance in those 

 states, Mr. William Rogers Lord says: "]\Iany persons 

 will obseiTe a sparrow, beautiful to the eye and, should the 

 occasional song be heard, charming to the ear." 



THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW* 



The White-throated Sparrow is one of the handsomest 

 of the sparrows. It is one of the exquisite j^arts of nature. 

 Migratory in habits, its range covers all of eastern North 

 America, nesting from INIichigan and JVIassachusetts north- 

 ward and wintering from the latter state southward to 

 Florida. 



Its scientific name is descriptive of the marked color 

 characteristic of its crown and throat. Zonotrichia means 

 hair or crown bands, and albicollis is from the Latin, mean- 

 ing white-throated. It is sometimes called Peabody bird, 

 especially by the New Englanders, with whom Peabody is 

 an important traditional name, and they hear the birds say 

 in its song, " I-I Pea-body, Pea-body, Pea-body." This 

 rendering of its plaintive song is a caricature, yet the name 

 chngs to the bird even in other parts of the country. The 

 reserv^ed manner of its movements would hardly lead one to 

 expect that a beautiful song could flow from its white 

 throat. 



The nest, too, is a neat creation of small roots, coarse 

 grass, bark, and moss and lined with a bedding of fine 



