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ZOOLOGY BIRDS. 



ZONOTEICHIA LEUCOPHRYS (Forst.). 

 White-crowned Sparrow. 



Emberisa leucophrys, FORST., Philos. Trans., Ixii, 1772, 382, 420. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys, WOODH., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufli & Ool. Riv., 1854, 84. BD., 

 U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 15. Id., Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 304 (Cape Saint Lucas). HAYD., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., 

 xii, 1802, 100. COOPER, Birds Cal., i, 1870, 190. STEV., U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 Terr., 1870, 404. ALLEN, Bull. Mns. Coiup. Zool., 1872, 177 (Eastern Kansas, 

 May ; mountains of Colorado). COUES, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 144. SNOW, 

 Birds Kan., 1872, 10. AIKEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist,, 1872, 200. 

 MERRIAM, U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 081. BD., BREW., & RIDG., N. A. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 500, pi. xxv, figs. 9,10. YARROW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, 

 Wheeler's Expecl., 1874, 35. YARROW & HENSHAW, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, 

 Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 14. HENSHAW, An. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 

 1874, 5. Id, An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 44. Id., 

 Rep. Oru. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 61, 80, 112. COUES, U. S. 

 Geol. Surv. Terr., 1874, 154. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys ?, NEWB., P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, 87. 



The White-crowned Sparrow breeds abundantly in the parks of the 

 Wahsatch Mountains in Utah, and young and old were obtained there in 

 August. Dr. Rothrock also found it breeding in South Park, Colorado, in 

 July. After the first of June, the species is only to be found in the high 

 districts of the mountains, where alone they breed. During the migrations, it 

 occurs in immense numbers, and is distributed over the country generally, 

 though occurring in greatest numbers in the lower districts, frequenting 



