Oliver Cummings Farrington.

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
(Zonotrichia leucophrys).
Life-size.
FROM COL. CHI. ACAD. SCIENCES.

THE WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
(Zonotrichia leucophrys.)

With the snowflakes o’er the mountains

Hasten past the hawks from Northland,

Speed along the titmice, juncos,

White-crowned Sparrows, wrens, and creepers,

Tiny kinglets, sweet-voiced bluebirds,

All in eager search for havens