This sparrow, only slightly smaller than the white-crown (AOU 554), has sufficient resemblance to it to mislead the novice in bird-watching. The distinct white patch on the throat and the yellow lores (space between the eyes and the bill); will allay any doubts .

This is a handsome bird and a good singer: Bian alludes to its “clear ringing whistle.” Some translate the whistle as “Poor Bill Peabody, Peabody, Peabody,” whence the vocalist is sometimes called the “Peabody-bird.” Others, more pessimistic, assert that it utters “Hard -times- Canada-Canada-Canada!” 

Quoting my own records I have seen three White-throats fro every single White crown so far observed. I would therefore class the white-throat as “a common summer resident, breeding here.” The nest is made on the ground or, more rarely, in small bushes. The eggs are pale greenish blue, thickly spotted brown. The range of the White-throat is from the the northern range of trees, to its wintering place in the southern U.S.

It is of value as a weed-seed eater, and, note well, it is fond of great quantities of insects which it digs up by scratching among the fallen leaves White-throated Sparrow. AOU. 558. Common summer Resident, Adult Male: Crown with a clear white central stripe, a broad black stripe on either side of it; then a superciliary stripe yellow next the bill, then white, passing backward down the neck; throat with a clear white patch; Back chestnut brown streaked black, feathers partly margined grayish; rump and tail grayish brown, the latter well notched. Wings with white wingbars. Underparts grayish darker on the breast. Females and immature birds have the throat buff instead of white. Length of adults 6.75

– Newsy Notes by Agricola, March 27, 1950  

Source: Islandnewspapers