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superciliary stripes ; black line through and below eye ; a black line on each side 

 of the white throat ; a black pectoral spot. L. 6y^ ; W. ^'/^ ; T. 2- A common 

 summer resident in the prairie region ; nests on the ground ; a fine songster. 



13. ZONOTRICHTA. Swainson. 



100. Z. LEUCOPHRYS. 3w. White-crozvned Sparrow. Streaked above, with 

 little chestnut ; crown with a broad white median stripe, a narrow black one and a 

 white one on each side of it ; no yellow anywhere ; throat like breast ; crown rich 

 brown in the young. L. 7 ; W. 31^ ; T. 33^. 



Frequenting borders of cultivated fields and hedge-rows. "He is the rarest and 

 most beautiful of the sparrow kind. He is crowned as some hero or victor in the 

 games." {A Bird Medley — Burroughs.) Far from being the rarest with us, though 

 we can agree in the many beautiful things this delightful author says of the white- 

 throat and his mates. 



loi. Z. ALBICOLLIS. Bon. White-throated Sparrow. Much chestnut streak- 

 ing above ; crown black, with white median and superciliary stripes ; spot over 

 eye and edge of wing always yellow ; ashy below, whitening on throat ; female 

 duller; L. 7; W. 3 ; T. 3 1-5. Abundant migrant and a handsome sparrow; its 

 song a timid and tremulous strain. 



14.. SPIZELLA. Bonaparte. Chippys. 



102. S. MONTICOLA. Bd. Tree Sparrow. Streaked ; crown chestnut ; bill 

 black above, yellow belov*; neck, line over eye and under parts ashy gray ; a dark 

 pectoral blotch; white wing bars; L. 6^^ ; W. 3; T. 3. An abundant and hardy 

 winter resident; have seen them to-day (Jan. 16), in thickets near the city. 



103. S. PUSILLA. Bon. Field Sparrow. General color of preceding but paler 

 and duller; bill pale; wing bands obscure; smaller. Summer resident. Often 

 nesting in low bushes, and found in open woods oftener than in " fields." •- 



104. S. SOCIALIS. Bon. Chippy, Hair Bird. Streaked above with much dull 

 bay; crown chestnut; bill, forehead and streak through eye black; ashyl)elow. 

 Summer resident, very abundant here. Sometimes nests on the ground. A well 

 known little bird, holding its ground pretty well in cities in spite of the English 

 sparrow. Lines its nest with hairs. " If I wisli for a horse-hair for my compass- 

 sight, I must go to the stable, but the hair-bird with her sharp eyes goes to the 

 road " {Thoi'eau^ s Manuscript.) 



105. S. PALLIDA. Bon. Clay-Colored Sparroiv. Smaller than the chippy; 

 pale brownish yellow, streaked with black; crown graj'ish, with median stripe. 

 Nelson gives this as a rare summer resident on the borders of prairies near Chi- 

 cago, but I can not extend its eastern range positively into Indiana. 



15. MELOSPIZA. Baird. Song Sparrows. 



106. M. MELODIA. BJ. Song Sparrow. Much streaked above, and on 

 breasts and sides; crown with obscure median stripe; below white; L. 6)4,; W. 

 2j^ ; T. 3. Resident; may be found at all seasons about Indianapolis. Their 

 cheery song may be heard the year round, but sweetest and oftenest in the spring. 

 Burroughs has noticed that these birds do not sing alike ; some are decidedly orig- 

 inal, and occasionally one is a " master songster " — some Shelly or Tennyson 

 among his kind. 



