. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 811 of an incli in length, are proportionally broad, of a light sea-green color, mottled toward the larger end with brownish spots&qu
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 811 of an incli in length, are proportionally broad, of a light sea-green color, mottled toward the larger end with brownish spots" and blotclies; a few spots of a lighter tint being dispersed over the whole. ... We found many nests, wliich were all placed on the ground or among tlie moss, and were all constructed alike. This species deposit their eggs from the beginning to the end of June. In the beginning of August, I saw many young that were able to fly; and, by the twelftli of tliat month, tlie birds had already com- menced their southward migration. The young follow their parents until nearly full grown. " The food of this species, while in Labrador, consists of small coleopterous insects, grass seeds, a variety of berries, as well as some mimite shell-fish, for wliich they fre(piently search the mar- gins of ponds or the seashore. At the approach of autumn, they pursue insects on the wing to a short distance, and doubtless secure some in that ; The song of the White-crowned Sparrow consists of six or seven notes, the first of wliich is loud, clear, and musi- cal, altliougli of a plaintive nature ; tlie next broader, less (irm, and seeming merely a second to the first; the rest lorni a cadence, diniinishing in power to the last note, which sounds as if the final eriint of the musician. These notes are repeated at short intervals during the whole day, even on those dismal days produced by the thick fogs of the country where it breeds, and where this species is, of all, the mos
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