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tail-feathers made an impression which testifies to theii 

 value as field-characters. In its own range this beautiful 

 Sparrow is a sweet-voiced inhabitant of the fields, nesting 

 on the ground or in low trees and bushes, and laying 3-5 

 white eggs, spotted and blotched with blackish, in May. 



(HARRIS'S SPARROW 

 Zonolrichia querula. Case"}, Fig. 21 



A large Sparrow, larger even than the Pox Sparrow; with a 

 pinkish bill, the crown, throat and breast more or less blackish; 

 cheeks buff. L. 7$. 



Range. Interior of North America, nesting in North Carolina; 

 winters from Kansasjjto Texas; rare east of Wisconsin. Glen 

 Ellyn, one record, May 19. SE. Minn., common T. V., May 6; 

 Sept. 21-Oct. 25. 



When migrating this Sparrow reminds one of a White- 

 throat. It has a sharp dink note and frequents brier 

 patches and bushy places. 



^ WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 

 Zonolrichia leucophrys* Case 7, Fig. 22 



Resembles the White-throat but throat gray, like the breast, 

 space before the eye black, not yellow, white in the crown more 

 conspicuous. L. Of. 



Range. Nests in Canada; winters from Virginia and Ohio 

 to Mexico; not a common migrant in the Atlantic States. 



Washington, irregularly common W. V. and T. V., May 1-17; 

 Oct. 7— Nov. 20. Ossining, rare T. V., May 9-26; Oct. 3—30. 

 Cambridge, uncommon T. V., May 12-22; Oct. 1-20. N. Ohio, 

 common T. V., Apl. 22-May 20; Sept. 5-Oct. 16. Glen Ellyn, 

 not common T. V.; chiefly spring, Apl. 24-May 31; Oct. 2-21. 

 SE. Minn., common T. V., Apl. 30-; Sept. 26-Oct. 14. 



This distinguished-looking cousin of our White-throated 

 Sparrow is rare enough in the Eastern States, always to 

 command our attention when we are so fortunate as to 

 meet him. He resembles the White-throat in habits 

 and choice of haunts but his song has a tender, appealing 



