. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Whitisli. Harriss Sparrow 342 PERCHING BIRDS 554. White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotri-chia leiicophrjjs Range.—North America breeding abundantlyin Labrador and about Hudson Bay. and casual-ly in northern New England and in westernUnited States in the Rockies and Sierras. Winters along our Mexicanborder and southward. Ahandsome species with abroad white crown borderedon either side by black, andwith a white superciliary lineand black lo
. The bird book, illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds, also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . Whitisli. Harriss Sparrow 342 PERCHING BIRDS 554. White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotri-chia leiicophrjjs Range.—North America breeding abundantlyin Labrador and about Hudson Bay. and casual-ly in northern New England and in westernUnited States in the Rockies and Sierras. Winters along our Mexicanborder and southward. Ahandsome species with abroad white crown borderedon either side by black, andwith a white superciliary lineand black lores; the under-parts are uniform grayishwhite. These birds appear tobe nowhere as common as the White-throatedSparrows with which they associate during mi-grations and in the breeding grounds. Theybuild on the ground, generally near the edgesof woods or in clearings, and lay from four tosix eggs similar but larger, and with as much variatJion in markings as those of the Song Sparrow; pale greenish blue, spottedand splashed with reddish brown and grayish. Size .90 x .65. Data.—Nachook,Labrador, June 10, 1897. Nest of fine grasses on the ground; in a clu
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