_Centurus carolinus. Case 3, Fig. 23_
Back and wings evenly barred with black and white,
hence the name 'Zebra'; the female and young have
the front part of the crown gray. L. 9-1/2.
_Range._ Eastern United States, north to southern
Pennsylvania, western New York and southern
Minnesota; casually further.
Washington, locally common P.R. Cambridge, A.V.,
one record. N. Ohio, tolerably common P.R. SE.
Minn., uncommon P.R.
A common, hoarse-voiced resident of orange groves and gardens who with a
_chuh-chuh_, jerkily hitches himself upward in the routine of the daily
grub hunt. It is rare at the northern part of its range, but resident
wherever found. The nest is in dead or living trees; the 4-6 white eggs
are laid in late April or early May.