SPARROWS 



(554) Zonotrichia leucophrys 

 leucophrys 



(Fors.) (Gr., white eye-brow). 



WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 

 Ads. — As shown by the upper bird; 

 crown broadly white, with a black 

 stripe on either side, this black cover- 

 ing the lores and extending in a 

 narrow line back of the eye; nape 

 and sides of head gray; under parts 

 dull whitish. Im. — As shown by 

 the lower bird; crown brown, with 

 an indistinct lighter median line. 

 L., 6.75; W., 3.00; T., 2.80; B., .43- 

 Nest — Of grass, on the ground in 

 thickets or under bushes; four or 

 five whitish eggs, profusely spotted 

 with brown, .90 x .63. 



Range — Breeds from Ungava and 

 Keewatin south to Quebec and in 

 western mountains to Cal. and N. 

 Mex. Winters in southern U. S. 



birds, nesting in the mountains, and wintering in the valleys. 

 In the east, they are more northerly distributed than White- 

 throated Sparrows, nesting in Ungava and central Keewatin. 

 The majority of the eastern birds pass through the Mississippi 

 Valley, in the southern part of which they winter. Along 

 the coast states, small flocks are sometimes met, but individ- 

 uals are more often seen alone or in with flocks of the next 

 species. There is no chance of mistaking the birds, for the 

 present one has no gray across the breast, no yellow on 

 the head, and the white crown is not only broad and con- 

 spicuous, but the feathers are capable of being and often 

 are raised. 



WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, abundant during 

 migrations in the Eastern States, are quite generally re- 

 garded as the handsomest of the sparrow tribe. The colors 

 are blended most harmoniously, and the immaculate throat 

 shines forth like a new bib on its background of ashy-gray. 

 They winter in large numbers in open woods and brush land 



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