_Zonotrichia leucophrys. Case 7, Fig. 22_
Resembles the White-throat but throat gray, like
the breast, space before the eye black, not
yellow, white in the crown more conspicuous. L.
6-3/4.
_Range._ Nests in Canada; winters from Virginia
and Ohio to Mexico; not a common migrant in the
Atlantic States.
Washington, irregularly common W.V. and T.V., May
1-17; Oct. 7-Nov. 20. Ossining, rare T.V., May
9-26; Oct. 3-30. Cambridge, uncommon T.V., May
12-22; Oct. 1-20. N. Ohio, common T.V., Apl.
22-May 20; Sept. 5-Oct. 16. Glen Ellyn, not common
T.V.; chiefly spring, Apl. 24-May 31; Oct. 2-21.
SE. Minn., common T.V., Apl. 30-; Sept. 26-Oct.
14.
This distinguished-looking cousin of our White-throated Sparrow is rare
enough in the Eastern States, always to command our attention when we
are so fortunate as to meet him. He resembles the White-throat in habits
and choice of haunts but his song has a tender, appealing quality,
lacking in the White-throat's more cheerful lay, charming as that is.