. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. White-crowned Sparrow white wing bars and no yellow on head or wings. It is found in the eastern United States only during the colder months; its singing is remarkable, resembling that of the white-throated sparrow. Length, 6|; wing, 3; (3-3^); tail, 3; tarsus, nearly 1; cul- nien, J. North America ; breed- ing north of the United States, and wintering from Virginia to Mexico. 30. White-throated Spar- row (.^.5S. Zonotr'idiia albi- cdllis). — A common, social, lar
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. White-crowned Sparrow white wing bars and no yellow on head or wings. It is found in the eastern United States only during the colder months; its singing is remarkable, resembling that of the white-throated sparrow. Length, 6|; wing, 3; (3-3^); tail, 3; tarsus, nearly 1; cul- nien, J. North America ; breed- ing north of the United States, and wintering from Virginia to Mexico. 30. White-throated Spar- row (.^.5S. Zonotr'idiia albi- cdllis). — A common, social, large, streaky, brownish sparrow, with a distinctly striped head and a square white patch on the throat, dis- tinct from the grayish under parts. The head has two black and three white stripes, two of the white stripes yellow in front, and there are two distinct white wing bars. This beautiful sparrow is especially abundant in small flocks, in the autumn and winter, in the under- growth of the woods and along the bushy fence rows. It is a good singer and says very distinctly ^*e«- body, peabody, whence it derives one of its names. (Peabody "White-throated Sparrow Bird.) Length, 6|; wing, 2| (2:}-3t) ; tail, 3J ; tarsus, i ; culmen, f. North America, from the Plains eastward; breeding along the northern border of the United States northward, and wintering from southern New Eng- land southward to the Gulf. The Golden-crowned Sparrow (557. Zono- trich ia coronata), a Pacific coast species with a back like the white-throated AI'GAr's I5IRDS. 9. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Co
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