. Birds of North Carolina . ctober 23, 1893. It has also been taken at Cranberry, MitchellCounty, August 9, 1886, by (!. Sennett (W. W. Cooke in Bird-Lore, March-April, 1911, page 86). The Lark Sparrow is preeminently a bird of the fields or plains, building itsnest in a depression in the ground, where it is usually concealed by the surround-ing tufts of grass. It is constructed of grasses and weed stems. Four eggs arelaid, more like those of an oriole than a typical sparrow. They have a pure whiteground-color, speckled and marked with zigzag, straight, and wavy lines of verydark brown and
. Birds of North Carolina . ctober 23, 1893. It has also been taken at Cranberry, MitchellCounty, August 9, 1886, by (!. Sennett (W. W. Cooke in Bird-Lore, March-April, 1911, page 86). The Lark Sparrow is preeminently a bird of the fields or plains, building itsnest in a depression in the ground, where it is usually concealed by the surround-ing tufts of grass. It is constructed of grasses and weed stems. Four eggs arelaid, more like those of an oriole than a typical sparrow. They have a pure whiteground-color, speckled and marked with zigzag, straight, and wavy lines of verydark brown and black, chiefly near the larger end. Size .82 x .64. They are saidto be laid from May to .Jul>. Genus Zonotrichia Swains.) Contains several species of sparrDWs, with the head broadly striped alxnc, andthe wings and tail about e(|ual in length. KEY TO SPECIES 1. Iliroat white, ash. SuDorciliary line yellow in front. White-lhroated Throat and breast same color, whitish. Xo yellow. White-croimed Sjxirrou:. Ve^^ FlU. lJ2. WlUTE-CROWKED SlWRROW. 234. Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys (Forsi.). White-crowned Spar-how. Description: Ads.—No yellow before the eye or on the bend of the wing; center of crown white,bordororl on either side liy hlark stripes; no white before the eye; a white line from over the eyejiasses Icickward jloiiji llie side of the luad; nape pay; l):i<-k dark giayish brfuvii, iiiarfiiiicd withfirav; rump dark brownish asli; tfi-cater and middle wiiiK-covcrts tipped with wiiite: tail fiiscons;underparts jjrayisli, white on the belly, (lanks and uiuler tail-coverts cream-lnilT. Im.—Simikir,but much browner, sides of tlie crown rufous-brown, center of the crown pale gi-ayish brown;nape brownish ash; back margined with the same color. L., ; W., ; T., ; B., .43.(Chap., Birds of IJ. A. A.) Range.—-Whole United States, except southeastern portion, in winter; tireeding mainly northof the United States. Range in Aorlli Carolina.—S
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