Fig. 25. Whitk-throated Sparrow. 



is an abundant winter resident, arriving from the north about 

 November 1 and remaining until April. 



-252. Spizella socialis (U'i7s.). Chipping Sparrow ; Chippy. 

 (560.) — Eastern North America, breeding from the Gulf States to 

 Newfoundland and Great Slave Lake, and wintering in the Gulf States 

 and Mexico. The Chippy is here an abundant summer resident, 

 arriving from the south about April 1 and remaining until No- 

 vember. 



*253. Spizella pusilla (Wits.). Field Sparrow. (563.) — 

 Eastern North America, breeding from southern Illinois and South 

 Carolina to Quebec and Manitoba; winters from Illinois and Vir- 

 ginia southward. With us it is an abundant summer resident, 

 appearing in the spring about April 1 and not departing southward 

 until November and even December. (See Group, Gallery, between 

 Cases C and D.) 



*254- Junco hyemalis {Linn.) Junco; Snowbird. (567.) — 

 North America, breeding from northern Minnesota and northern 

 New York northward, and southward along the summits of the 

 Alleghanies to Virginia ; winters southward to the Gulf States. 

 The Junco is our most abundant winter bird. It comes to us from 

 the north late in September and remains until May. 



*255. Melospiza fasciata (Gmei.). Son., Sparrow. (581.) 

 — Eastern North America, breeding from northern Illinois and 

 Virginia north to Quebec and Manitoba, and wintering from south- 



