28. Glen Ellyn, local and uncommon
S.R. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl. 20-Aug. 2.

Few field experiences have given me more pleasure than the discovery
near my home at Englewood one November 2, many years ago, of a Lark
Finch--one of the 'casuals' which had presumably been carried far from
its course by a severe storm of the preceding days. The bird's strongly
marked face and conspicuously white-tipped tail-feathers made an
impression which testifies to their value as field-characters. In its
own range this beautiful Sparrow is a sweet-voiced inhabitant of the
fields, nesting on the ground or in low trees and bushes, and laying 3-5
white eggs, spotted and blotched with blackish, in May.

HARRIS'S SPARROW

_Zonotrichia querula. Case 7, Fig. 21_

A large Sparrow, larger even than the Fox Sparrow;
with a pinkish bill, the crown, throat and breast
more or less blackish; cheeks buff. L. 7-1/2.

_Range._ Interior of North America, nesting in
North Carolina; winters from Kansas to Texas; rare
east of Wisconsin. Glen Ellyn, one record, May 19.
SE. Minn., common T.V., May 6; Sept. 21-Oct. 25.

When migrating this Sparrow reminds one of a White-throat. It has a
sharp _clink_ note and frequents brier patches and bushy places.

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

_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-th