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[Emberlza] africapilla Gmelix, Syst. Nat., i. pt. ii, 1788, 875, part ( based on Blac/:- 

 croicned Bunting Latham, (ien. Synop., ii, 202, pi. 45 M. — Latham, Index 

 Orn., i, 1790, 415. 



FringUla atricapilla Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 122; ( )rn. Bioj;., v, 18.39, 47, pi. 394; 

 Birds Am., oct. ed., iii, 1841, 162, pi. 193. 



Z.[onotnchia'\ atricapilla Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1849, 373. 



[Zonotrichia} atricapilla Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 93, no. 7377. 



ZonotricJiia atricapilla Heermann, Journ. Ae. Nat. Sci. Phila., ii, 1852, 267 (Cali- 

 fornia, autumn). 



Emheriza coronata Pallas, Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., ii, 1826, 44, pi. 48 (Kadiak Island). 



Zonotrirkia coronataB.uRD, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858,461; Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 347.— Heermaxn, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv.,x, pt. iv, 1859, 48 

 (California; said to breed at Sacramento; descr. supposed nest and eggs).- — 

 Cooper and Suckley, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., xii, pt. ii, 1860, 201 (Oregon and 

 Washington, migratory). — Sclater, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1862, 113 (Califor- 

 nia).— Coues, Ibis, 1866, 268 (southern California) ; Check List, 1873, no. 184; 

 2d ed., 1882, no. 279; Birds N. W., 1874, 159 (synonymy) .—Brown, Ibis, 1868, 

 422 (Vancouver I.). — Dall and Bannister, Trans. Chicago Ac. Sci., i, 1869, 

 284 (Sitka; Kadiak; British Columbia).— Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 197.— Dall, 

 Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., 1873, 27 (Shumagin Islands, Alaska, breeding). — Baird, 

 Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 573, pi. 26, fig. 1. — Ridg- 

 WAY, Bull. Essex Inst., vii, 1875, 37 (West Humboldt Mts., Nevada, Oct. 7); 

 Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 472 (do.); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 208; Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 664 (Shumagin Islands and Kadiak, Alaska).— Hen- 

 SHAW, Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1876, 242 (mountains of s. California, 

 up to 7,000 ft., Oct., Nov. ).— (?) Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 42 

 (McCli)ud R., Shasta Co., California, breeding; descr. nest and eggs) ;^ Ibis, 

 1878,117 (do.).— Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879,416 (centr. Califor- 

 nia, Oct. 21 to May 1).— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 152 (Popoff I., 

 Shumagins, and Kadiak, Alaska, breeding). — Finsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1883, 

 272 (Portage Bay, Alaska).— Nelson, Cruise "Corwin" in 1881 (1883), 71 

 (shores of Norton Sound, breeding); Rep. Nat. Hist. Coll. Alaska, 1887, 

 190 (Sitka; Kadiak; Kenai; St. Michaels, May 25 to Aug. 15; n. to Kotzebue 

 Sound).— ]McLenegan, Cruise "Corwin", 1884, 115 (Hotham Inlet, Alaska, 

 breeding).— Turner, Contr. Nat. Hist. Alaska, 1886, 174 (near St. Michaels, 

 June; Fort Yukon, 1 spec; Kadiak). — Hoy, Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Wise, 

 1885, 7 (Racine, Wisconsin, 3 specs, fall, 1853 and 1854, and spring, 1856). — 

 American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 557. — Anthony, 

 Auk,/iii, 1886, 168 (Washington Co., Oregon, migrant); Zoe, iv, 1893, 241 

 (San Pedro Martir Mts., Lower California, winter). — Evermann, Auk, iii, 

 1886, 182 ( Ventura Co., California, winter) . — Bryant, Bull. Cal. Ac. Sci., no. 

 6,1887,298 (Guadalupe I., Lower California, Feb., Mar.). — Emerson, Bull. 

 Cal. Ac. Sci., no. 7, 1887, 423 (Volcano Mts., San Diego Co., California, win- 

 ter). — Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, .358 (Fort Klamath, e. Oregon, transient; 

 breeding?) .-Sharps, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 600 ("Aleutian 

 Islands," etc.)— Townsend, ProcT. S. Nat. Mus., xiii, 1890, 139, 141 (Santa 

 Barl)ara and Santa Cruz islands, California, Feb.). — Cooke, Birds Colorado, 

 1897, 102 (small flock, winter, 1889).— Grinnell, Pub. i, Pasadena Acad. 



^ Latham incidentally mentions the present species as a variety from Nootka Sound, 

 his "Black-crowned Bunting" being essentially a totally different bird, said to be 

 from the Sandwich Islands. 



- Pro) :)ably an error. 



^ Identification doubtful, probably erroneous. 



