. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . of the breast. White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia Ad. —Crown black, with a white stripe through the centre; abroad white stripe over each eye, ending in a yellow line beforethe eye; back and wings rich reddish-brown; wing-bars white; asquare white throat-patch bounded by ash-gray; breast pale-gray;belly white; sides of belly brownish; tail brown, with no tawuytinge. Im. — Crown dark
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over 250 species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field . of the breast. White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia Ad. —Crown black, with a white stripe through the centre; abroad white stripe over each eye, ending in a yellow line beforethe eye; back and wings rich reddish-brown; wing-bars white; asquare white throat-patch bounded by ash-gray; breast pale-gray;belly white; sides of belly brownish; tail brown, with no tawuytinge. Im. — Crown dark brown; stripe through middle of crownvery faint; line over eye dull buffy; yellow before eye dull; throat-patch grayish-white. Nest, placed either on the ground, or in low bush. Eggs, heavilyspotted with pinkish-brown. The White-throated Sparrow is a common summer resi-dent of the Canadian Zone, wherever balsam firs grow. Insouthern and central New York and New England it is acommon migrant in late April and early INEay, and again inlate September and through October. A few White-throatswinter in southern New England and in the lower Hudson 164 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK. Fig. 45. White-throatedSparrow Valley, finding shelter in piles of brush, or the edges ofmarshes. In migration they frequent dry roadside thickets,or shrubbery, where they scratch forfood on the ground, or fly when startledinto the neighboring trees. In thebreeding season they prefer overgrownclearings, where raspberry-bushes growbreast high among fallen trees, or theswampy forests of balsam fir. Their song is perhaps the most no-ticeable sound in the northern woods,and oftenest attracts the attention of a beginner; it iseasily imitated by whistling, and has been variously ren-dered as Old Sam Peahody^ Peahodi/, Peabody, or Sowivheat, Peeverly, Peeverly, Peeverly; in fact it is oftencalled the Peabody-bird. The song is often attempted inthe fall, but is rarely clear and true at that time. Ev
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