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Catalogue of the Birds of Illinois. 
ground or in a small tree, the eggs being singularly handsome, of a crystal- 
white ground-color, peculiarly marked with irregular lines and spots of black 
round the larger end. 
Genus Zonotrichia, Swainson. 
106. Z. qUerula (Nutt.) Gamb. Harris’s Sparrow. Casual visitor from the 
west. [Taken by W. H. Garman, at Normal, McLean county, November 14, 
1879, and near Bloomington, in spring of 1877]. (See Bull. Nutt. Om. Club, 
January, 1880, p. 30.) 
107. Z. leucophrys (Forst.) Sw. White-crowned Sparrow. Transient north- 
ward; winter sojourner southward. 
[Z. gambeli intermedia , Ridgw. Western White-crowned Sparrow. Ob- 
tained near Racine, Wisconsin, April 20, 1871, by Dr. P. R. Hoy. Fide Nelson, 
p. 107.] 
\Z . coronata (Pallas) Baird. Golden-crowned Sparrow. A single specimen 
obtained near Racine, Wisconsin, in April, 1858, by Dr. Hoy. Fide Nelson, 
p. 108.] 
*108. Z. albicollis (Gmel.) Bp. White-throated Sparrow. Winter sojourner 
southward. A “rare summer resident” in northern counties ( fide Nelson, 
p. 108). 
Genus Spizella, Bonaparte. 
109. S. montana (Forst.) Ridgw. Tree Sparrow. Winter sojourner. An 
almost constant companion of the preceding. 
2 . . *110. S. domestica (Bartr.) Coues. Chipping Sparrow. Summer sojourner, 
occasionally wintering southward (?). 
*111. S. pallida (Swains.) Bp. Clay-colored Sparrow. Summer resident 
in certain semi-prairie districts westward and northward. 
*112. S. pusilla (Wilson) Bp. Field Sparrow. Summer sojourner north- 
ward; resident southward. 
Genu s • Junco , W agler . 
113. J. hyemalis (Linn.) Scl. Common Snowbird. Winter sojourner. 
114. J. oregonus (Towns.) Scl. Oregon Snowbird. Chicago, October 14, 
1875; one specimen. [H. K. Coale, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, July, 1877, p. 82.] 
Genus Peuc^ea, Audubon. 
*115. P. aestivalis illinoensis, Ridgw. Oak-woods Sparrow. Summer resi- 
dent in the southern third of the state, but very local; has been obtained only 
in Wabash and Richland counties, where not discovered until 1871. The typical 
form of the species has been recorded only from lower South Carolina and 
Georgia, and adjacent parts of Florida. Inhabits chiefly neglected fields, more 
or less grown up with weeds or bushes, and surrounded by woods. The favorite 
perch of the male while singing is an old dead tree, from which, at midday, 
in the most sultry weather of July and August, he pours forth his simple chant 
of exceedingly clear and sweet notes; but upon the least alarm dives into the 
bushes or weeds, and thus easily conceals itself. 
