snow-sparrows

Updated: May 29, 2025

These snow-sparrows are very hardy, and though some migrate to the States in the beginning of winter, a few stay in the Upper Province, and others come back to us before the snow is all gone." "They are very pretty, neat-looking birds, nurse; dark slate colour, with white breasts." "When I was a little girl, I used to call them my Quaker-birds, they looked so neat and prim.

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill - Lady Mary and her Nurse

These snow-sparrows are very hardy; and though some migrate to the States in the beginning of winter, a few stay in the Upper Province, and others come back to us before the snow is all gone." "They are very pretty, neat-looking birds, nurse; dark slate colour, with white breasts." "When I was a little girl I used to call them my Quaker-birds, they looked so neat and prim.

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill - In the Forest : Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada