Zonotr ichia albicollis. 
Cambridge, Mass. February birds in the Garden. 
1899 . on the looming of February 4th when the ground was cover- 
February. ed with about four inches of fresh fallen snow I saw a White- 
throat eating bread crumbs from a dish on the kitchen steps 
in company with a number of English Sparrows. An hour later 
I heard it chirping and, as I was confident at the time, anoth- 
er bird of the same species answering it. But after x-his date 
only one bird was seen - on the 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 
24 A 25th. At first I supposed that this individual was one 
of the pair that had been seen together so often, earlier in 
the winter, but on examining it closely I discovered that it 
was unlike either having the pure white head stripes of the 
one combined with the dull gray throat of the other. Unless 
of 
it may be assumed that one^this pair had changed plumage the 
bird seen after February 4th must have been a new comer to 
the garden. 
Aar il birds in the Garden. 
Apr il . 
One in fine plumage, no doubt the same bird which fre- 
quented the garden during the whole of march, was seen there 
in April by W. Deane on the 1, 4, 5, 0, 10, 11, i -‘-e, 
20 & 21. He sang freely after the 3th his voice gaining 
steadily in strength and clearness until, towards the close 
of his stay, it had nearly or quite attained the perfection 
characteristic of the breeding season. 
