Bulletin - United States National Museum . ivdual which weprocured was a partial albino, patched here and there with pure whitein the midst of normal coloration. [271] 97. (126.) Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm ) Bj>. White-throated Sparrow. This large and handsome species is chiefly a spring and autumn mi-grant, but numbers spend the winter with us in sheltered places. Itarrives early in October, and is extremely abundant during that month;then, after the winter decrease, it becomes very numerous again the1st of April, and so continues until May 12, when it departs for itsnorthern summer home.
Bulletin - United States National Museum . ivdual which weprocured was a partial albino, patched here and there with pure whitein the midst of normal coloration. [271] 97. (126.) Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm ) Bj>. White-throated Sparrow. This large and handsome species is chiefly a spring and autumn mi-grant, but numbers spend the winter with us in sheltered places. Itarrives early in October, and is extremely abundant during that month;then, after the winter decrease, it becomes very numerous again the1st of April, and so continues until May 12, when it departs for itsnorthern summer home. It is mostly gregarious while here, frequent-ing briar-patches, shrubbery, hedges, road-sides, and the like during thefall and winter, but as spring advances it is often seen in open woods PASSERES 0SC1NES FRINGILLID^E. 65 ui)on the ground. Its well-known limpid song, which has given it thename of the Peabody-bird in some sections, is heard both in springand fall, but especially during the former season. The White-throat is ;-\ j£\%\ ?. Fig. 39.—White-throated Sparrow. still to be seen, at periods of its greatest abundance, in the shrubbery ofthe city, particularly in the Smithsonian Grounds. [275] 98. (125.) Zonotrichia leucophrys {Forst.) Sw. White-crowned Sparrow. A winter resident, usually rare, occasionally quite plentiful, as, forexample, in the spring of 1861, when we took many specimens in beau-tiful attire. It remains until the second week in May, when it moves
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