PERCHING BIRDS 
55 8. White-throated Sparrow. Zonotri- 
clnia albicollis. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains 
and breeding from the northern tier of states 
northward; winters from the Middle States 
southward. 
To my mind this is the 
most beautiful of Sparrows, 
with its bright and softly 
blended plumage and the pure 
white throat boldly contrast- 
ing with its grayish breast 
and sides of the head; the 
lores are adorned with a 
bright yellow spot. They are one of the most 
abundant of Sparrows in the east during mi- 
grations and their musical piping whistle is 
heard from hedge and wood. They nest most 
abundantly north of our borders, laying their 
three or four eggs in grass lined hollows in 
the ground, or more rarely in nests in bushes. 
The eggs are white or bluish white, thickly spotted with several shades of 
brown. Size .85 x .62. They nest most often in thickets or on the edge of 
swamps, in just such places as they are met with on their migrations. 
White 
White-throated Sparrow 
559 • Tree Sparrow. Spizella monticola monticola. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains, breeding north of the United States 
to the Arctic coast, east of the Rockies; winters within the United States. 
A larger bird but somewhat resembling the common Chipping Sparrow, but 
browner above, with a black spot on the breast and no black on the head. 
They are quite hardy birds and winter in many of the northern 
states where they may be found in flocks upon the snow, feeding 
on seeds of protruding weeds. They breed very abundantly in 
Laborador and about Hudson Bay, placing their green nests in 
hollows on the ground or moss; 
their three or four eggs are 
greenish white, abundantly 
speckled all over the surface 
with reddish brown. Size .80 x .55. Data. — 
Foothills of Black Mountains, McKenzie River, 
Arctic America, June 13, 1899. Nest on the 
ground under a tuft of grass on level plain; 
made of grasses and moss and lined with feath- 
ers. 
Greenish 
white 
559a. Western Tree Sparrow. Spizella 
monticola ochracea. 
Range. — North America west of the Plains, 
breeding in Alaska and wintering to Mexico. 
A paler form of the last, the nesting habits 
and eggs of which are the same. 
Tree Sparrow 
560. Chipping Sparrow. Spizella pas- 
serina passerina. 
Range. — North America east of the Plains, 
breeding from the Gulf to the interior of Can- 
ada and Newfoundland. 
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