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A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
Quick and round and bright, 
Light he steps across the snow. 
Cares he not for winds that blow, 
Though the sifting snow be drifting 
Through the air. 
— Dora R. Goodale 
White-throated Sparrow: Zonotrichia albicollis. W. V. 
Length: 6.50-7 inches. 
Male and Female: A plump, handsome bird. White throat and crown 
stripes. Back striped with black, bay, and whitish. Rump light 
olive-brown. Bay edgings to wings, and two white cross-bars ; 
under parts gray. Y ellozv spot before eye. Female crown, 
brown, markings less distinct. 
Song: Sweet and plaintive — “ Pee-a-peabody, peabody, peabody!” 
Season: Abundant migrant; also a winter resident from September 
to May. 
Nest: A deep grass nest partly sunken in the ground or in a low bush. 
Eggs: Variable, greenish, and thinly speckled with reddish brown to 
gray, blotched heavily with chocolate. 
This is unquestionably the most beautiful of all the Spar- 
rows, not excepting the great Fox Sparrow, and its rich 
velvety markings and sweet voice have made it one of the 
welcome migrants, and the few that remain through the 
winter are carefully fed and cherished. 
Tree Sparrow: Spizella tnonticola. W. V. 
Winter Chip-bird 
Plate VI Fig. 1 
Length: 575-6.25 inches. 
Male and Female: Bright bay crown. Gray stripe over eye, cheeks, 
throat, and breast. Dark brown back with feathers pheasant-like, 
edged with orange and brown. Wings dark brown with paler 
edgings and two white bars. Bill black above, lower mandible 
yellowish, feet brownish black. 
Song: In winter a twittering trill. 
Season: Winter resident; October to April. 
Nest: Of grass, bark, and feathers; on ground, in a bush, or occa- 
sionally in a tree. 
Eggs: 4-7, light green, finely sprinkled with reddish brown. 
Like the Junco, the Tree Sparrow is a winter resident, 
though not so constant and abundant as the former. It is 
much larger than the Chipping Sparrow, which it so closely 
resembles as to be called the Winter Chip-bird, coming at a 
