. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . ollege collection. (2) A male shot atBattle Creek, Calhoun county, October 12, 1894, by Edward Arnold; thisbird was with a flock of White-throated Sparrows. (3) A female collecteilat Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa county, February 22, 1900, by RichardRyan, and identifietl by the Division of Biological Survey, U. S. Depart-ment of Agriculture. This specimen is
. Michigan bird life : a list of all the bird species known to occur in the State together with an outline of their classification and an account of the life history of each species, with special reference to its relation to agriculture ... . ollege collection. (2) A male shot atBattle Creek, Calhoun county, October 12, 1894, by Edward Arnold; thisbird was with a flock of White-throated Sparrows. (3) A female collecteilat Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa county, February 22, 1900, by RichardRyan, and identifietl by the Division of Biological Survey, U. S. Depart-ment of Agriculture. This specimen is now in the museum of the SaultSte. Marie high school (Melville). Mr. Warren states that he first noticed this species at Palmer in the fallof 1893 among flocks of the White-throated and White-crowned Spai-rowsand found it tolerably common in the fall migrations of 1894 and 1895,but was unable to find it in the It appears to be similar in its habits to the other members of the genus,but its nesting habits and eggs are imperfectly known. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION. Adult: Whole top of head black, without lighter median strijie; rest of ujiper partsbrownish-gray or grayish-browji, tiie scajjiilars and middle of hnck broadly streaked. J^Iatf XLIX. While-crowiicd North American Fauna No. 16. Biological Survey, U. S. Department of Afjriculturc. LAND BIRDS. 503 with blackish, the rump and upper tail-coverts plain; lores black; sides of head gray-ish white or giay; chin and throat black, this color usually extending downwardto the center of the breast; sides and flanks buffy brown, streaked with dark brownor blackish; rest of under parts white; wings and tail grayish-brown, the former with twowhite bars on the tips of the coverts, and the tertiaries and inner secondaries marginedwith chestnut; bill reddish, darker at the tip; iris brown. Young: Similar to adult, butthe black of head much obscured by the gray feather tips, and that of the chin and throatlargely replace
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