_Spizella monticola monticola. Case 2, Fig. 44; Case 4, Fig. 46_
A dusky spot in the center of the breast and a
reddish brown cap and streak behind the eye are
distinguishing characters. L. 6-1/2.
_Range._ Nests in Canada; winters from southern
Canada south to Arkansas and South Carolina.
Washington, abundant W.V., Oct.-Apl. 1. Ossining,
common W.V., Oct. 10-Apl. 27. Cambridge, common
W.V., abundant T.V., Oct. 25-Nov. 25; Mch. 20-Apl.
20. N. Ohio, abundant W.V., Oct. 24-May 3. Glen
Ellyn, common W.V., Oct. 4-Apl. 28. SE. Minn.,
common T.V., Oct. 6-May 5; a few winter.
From October to April companies of Tree Sparrows harvest the season's
crop of weed seeds, feeding usually near woods or hedge-rows to which
they go to rest and roost. Their merry chatter is one of the season's
most cheerful notes, and in the spring we may hear their canary-like
song.