BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 339 



Club, V, 1880, 229 (mountains of Colorado, breeding). — Drew, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 138 (San Juan Co., Colorado, breeding). — Merriam, 

 Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 2.S6 (Point de Monts, prov. Quebec, breed- 

 ing); North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 125 (Mount Shasta, n. California, 

 breeding near timber line). — Bicknell, Auk, i, 1884, 330 (song). — ^Law- 

 RENCE (N. T.), Auk, ii, 1885, 272 (Far Rockaway, Long I., 1 spec. May 30).— 

 Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 241 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, breed- 

 ing).— Towxsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 218 (n. e. California, 

 breeding). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 554. — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 369. — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 603, part (includes Z. I. gambeli). — Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 195 (localities and dates).— Mearns, Auk, vii, 1890, 

 259 (San Francisco Mt, Arizona, breeding). — Palmer (W.), Proc. L^. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xiii, 1890, 264 (Black Bay, Labrador, breeding).— Hatch, Birds Min- 

 nesota, 1892, 320 (breeding in n. e. Minnesota). — Cory, Auk, ix, 1892, 273 

 (Cuba); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 111, 147 (Cuba).— Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, 

 no. 7, 1893, 88 (Sierra Nevada and White Mts., California, breeding). — • 

 Nehrlixg, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 108, pi. 24, fig. 4. — Braislin, 

 Auk, XV, 1898, 58 (Parkville, Long L, Apr. 10). 



Zonotrachia leucophrifs Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1881, 516. 



\_Zonotrichia'] leucophry s Bo's ap arte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 478. — -Gray, Hand-list, 

 ii, 1870, 93, no. 7375.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 145.— Sclater and 

 Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 31. 



[Zonotrichia leucophnis] var. lencophri/s Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 566. 



Zonotrichia intermedia (not Z. IriicopJirys var. internwdia Ridgway, 1873) Ridgway, 

 Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 471, part (Summit Meadows, California, breeding; 

 see Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 540, footnote). 



Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia, Ridgway, Bull. Essex lust., vi, Oct., 1874, 173 

 (Summit Meadows, breeding) . 



(?) Spizella maxima Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxvii, 1853, 922, footnote 

 (Mexico). 



ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII (Nuttall). 

 GAMBELS SPARROW. 



Similar in coloration to Z. I. Irncdplii'iis^ but lore>s entirely whitish, 

 thus making- the light-colored superciliary' stripe continuous to the bill; 

 bill more yellowish, the mandible, in life, satiron yellow, purer yellow 

 basalh'; measurements averaging- slightly less. 



AdnUmale.—\^^\\gi\\ (skins), lJ:8.34-16-i.85 (155.45);' wing, 76.45- 

 83.31 (78.99); tail, 65.58-74.17 (70.87); exposed culmen, 9.91-11.18 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.27); tarsus, 21.34-23.62 

 (22.86); middle toe, 15.49-17.02 (16.26).' 



Adult female:—\AQ\\^\h (skins), 145.80-163.58 (153. 92);'' wing, 73.66- 

 82.55 (75.95); tail, 67.06-74.42 (69.85); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.92 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.11 (7.11); tarsus, 21.84-22.35 

 (22.10); middle toe, 14.99-16.00 (15.49).' 



^Length of fresh specimens before skinning, 167.64-179.07. 



^ Seven specimens. 



^Length of fresh specimens before skinning, 165.10-177.80. 



