. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . White-throated Sparrow. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 301 their arrival. Then there are a few sweet, tremulous trials before theplaintive, sympathetic whistle brings cheer to the browning woods:. Few birds are more sociable than the White-thrt5ats. At this seasonthey are always in little companies, and they frequently roost together^in large numbers in the depths of dense thickets or clumps of ever-greens. After they have retired one may hear the sharp chiiiJc of their quarrier chorus, and when darkness comes, with low, brooding no
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . White-throated Sparrow. FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 301 their arrival. Then there are a few sweet, tremulous trials before theplaintive, sympathetic whistle brings cheer to the browning woods:. Few birds are more sociable than the White-thrt5ats. At this seasonthey are always in little companies, and they frequently roost together^in large numbers in the depths of dense thickets or clumps of ever-greens. After they have retired one may hear the sharp chiiiJc of their quarrier chorus, and when darkness comes, with low, brooding notesof cozy companionship they are hushed for the night. 559. Spizella monticola {Gmel.). Tree Sparrow; WinterChippy. Ad.—^o black on the forehead; an indistinct black spot on thecenter of the breast; top of the head rufous-brown, sometimes edged withashy; a grayish line over the eye and a rufous-brown line behind it; backstreaked with rufous-brown, black, and pale ochraceous-buff; rump palegrayish brown; greater and middle wing-coverts tipped with white; outerweb of the outer tail-feather wliitish; breast grayish white; middle of thebelly white; sides tinged with pale grayish brown; upper mandible black,lower, yellow at the base, the tip black. L.,
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