SPARROWS 



(553) Zonotrichia querula 



{Niillall) (Gr., a girdle, name of some bird; 

 Lat., plaintive). 



HARRIS'S SPARROW. Ads.— 

 Plumage as shown by the upper bird; 

 crown, face and throat black, extend- 

 ing in streaks along the sides; sides 

 of head ashy-gray; upper parts 

 brownish, streaked with black and 

 gray. In winter, the black is mi.xed 

 with white and gray. Immature 

 birds show little or no black. L., 

 7.50; W., 3.40; T., 3.50; B., .45. 



These birds are very imperfectly 

 known as yet, and little is known 

 concerning their nesting. 



Range — Breeds in the Hudsonian 

 zone from Mackenzie to Hudson 

 Bay. Winters from Kan. and Mo. 

 south to Tex. Casual east to Ont. 

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grasses, clover and weed stems. The eggs are whitish, with 

 a few prominent black scrawls resembling those of Balti- 

 more Orioles more than eggs of any sparrow, but not nearly 

 as pointed. 



HARRIS'S SPARROWS are the largest of North Ameri- 

 can species in point of length, although their bodies are no 

 bigger than those of the shorter tailed Fox Sparrows. They 

 belong to the same genus as the two following well-known 

 species and are sometimes known as Hooded Crowned 

 Sparrows. These birds are very local in their distribution, 

 especially during the breeding season. They are known to 

 breed only in the Hudsonian zone to the westward of Hudson 

 Bay. They migrate through the Plains to Texas; occa- 

 sionally a straggler or two will appear east of the Mississippi 

 in with flocks of the following species. 



WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, in eastern United 

 States, are not nearly as abundant as the following species. 

 In the west, however, they are one of the representative 



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