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The Golden-crowned Sparrow (557. Zonotrichia coronata ) of the 
Pacific coast region is of accidental occurrence in Wisconsin (Nelson, Bull. 
Essex. Inst., VIII, 1876, 108). 
558. Zonotrichia altoieollis ( Gmel .). White-throated Sparrow. Ads . — 
A yellow line before the eye ; bend of the wing yellow ; center of the crown with 
a white stripe bounded on either side by much wider black stripes; a white 
stripe from the eye passes backward along the side of the head ; back rufous 
or rufous-brown, streaked with black and slightly margined with whitish; 
rump grayish brown; greater and middle wing-coverts tipped with white; 
tail grayish brown; underparts grayish, more so on the breast; throat with 
a square white patch ; belly whitish ; flanks and under tail-coverts tinged with 
grayish brown. Im. and Ads. in winter.— Yellow before the eye, and on the 
bend of the wing duller; crown streaks brownish ashy and mixed chestnut 
and black, instead of white and black ; throat-patch less sharply defined and 
in some (Im.) specimens practically obsolete when the breast is obscurely 
streaked with blackish. L., 6*74; W., 2*89; T., 2*86; B., *44. 
Range. — E. N. Am. Breeds in Canadian and lower Hudsonian zones 
from n. Mackenzie (Ft. Good Hope), cen. Keewatin, and s. Ungava s. to 
cen. Alberta, s. Mont., cen. Minn., cen. Wise., s. Ont., and mts. of n. Pa., 
N. Y., and Mass. ; winters from Mo., the Ohio Valley, s. Pa., Mass, (casually 
Maine), s. to ne. Mex. and Fla.; casual in Ore., Calif., Utah, and Colo. 
Washington, very common W. V., abundant T. V., Mch. 18-May; 
Sept. 15-Dec. 16. Ossining, common T. V., Apl. 10-May 21; Sept. 20- 
Oct. 30; a few winter. Cambridge, very common T. V., Apl. 25-May 15; 
Oct. 1-Nov. 10; a few winter. N. Ohio, common T. V., Apl 1-May 21; Sept. 
10-Nov. 7. Glen Ellyn, common T. V., Apl. 9-May 26; Sept. 13-Nov. 7. 
SE. Minn., common T. V., Apl. 8- ; Sept. 2-Nov. 13. 
Nest, of coarse grasses, rootlets, moss, strips of bark, etc., lined with finer 
grasses, on the ground or in bushes. Eggs, 4-5, bluish white, finely and 
evenly speckled or heavily and irregularly blotched with pale rufous-brown, 
*82 x *60. Date, Wilmurt, N. Y., May 28; Lancaster, N. H., June 5; Char- 
lotte Co., N. B., June 5. 
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In September, when the hedgerows and woodland undergrowths begin 
to rustle with Sparrows, Jun- 
cos, and Towhees, I watch 
eagerly for the arrival of 
these welcome fall songs- 
sters. There are a few sweet, 
tremulous trials before 
their plaintive, sympathetic 
whistle brings cheer to the 
browning woods: 
Few birds are more sociable than the White-throats. At this season 
they are always in little companies, and they frequently roost together 
in large numbers in the depths of dense thickets or clumps of ever- 
greens. After they have retired one may hear the sharp chink of their 
‘quarrier’ chorus, and when darkness comes, with low, brooding notes 
of cozy companionship they are hushed for the night. 
559. Spizella montieola monticola (Gmel.). Tree Sparrow. Ads . — 
No black on the forehead; an indistinct black spot on the center of the breast; 
top of the head rufous-brown, sometimes edged with ashy; a grayish line 
over the eye and a rufous-brown line behind it; back streaked with rufous- 
brown, black, and pale ochraceous-buff ; rump pale grayish brown; greater 
