FRINGILLID.E— THE SPARROWS — ZONOTRICHIA. 297 



Hah. Eastern portion of all Nortli America from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlan- 

 tic ; Cape St. Lucas in winter. 



Tliis very close ally of Z. Gambdii is well known in the Eastern United 

 States as a Southern migrant ; in the spring breeding abundantly in Labra- 

 dor and the shores of Hudson's Bay. The habits and song are very similar 

 to those of Z. Gamhclii, and the mode of nesting almost identical. 



The occurrence of this species at Cape St. Lucas in winter is a very ciui- 

 ous fact in geographical distribution. (Baiixl.) 



Zonotrichia coronata, Pallas. 



THE GOLDEN-CKOWNED SPAEEOW. 



Emheri:a coronata, PalL.4S, Zoog. Eosso-Asiat. II. 1811, 44 ; ])l.ate. 



Emhcrha alricafiilla, Ai'ihtbon, Orn. Biug. V. 1839, 47 ; ]j1. 394. (Not of Gmelin.) — Fr'm- 



(jiUa atrhijiitln, AuDUisoN, Syn. 1839, 122. Ib. Birds Amer. III. 1841, 162; p\. 193. 

 Frinyilla (iitrorapi'lla, }ivTTXi,-L, Man. I. 2il «1. 1840, 5.55. — Zonotrichia aiirocapitia, Bosx- 



PARTE, Consp. 478. — Newbeeky, Zuol. Cal. and Or. Route, P. R. Rep. VI. iv. 1857, 



88. 

 Zonotrichia coronata, Baied, P. R. Rep. IX. Birds, 461. — IIeermank, X. vi. 48. — Cooper 



and Suckley, XII. iii. Zool. of \V. T. 201. 



Sp. Ciiah. Hood, from liill to u]iper part of nape, pure black ; the middle longitudinal 

 third occupied by yellow on the anterior half, and a pale ash on the jiostcrior. Sides and 

 under parts of head and neck, with upper part of breast, ash -color, passing insensibly into 

 whitish on the midiUe of the body ; sides and under tail coverts tinged with brownish. A 

 yellowish spot above the eye, bounded anteriorly by a short black line from the eye to 



the black of the fiirehead. This yellow spot, however, is reduced to a few feathers in 

 spring dre.«.s. Interscapular region, with the feathers streaked with dark brown, suffused 

 with dark rufous externally. Two narrow white bands on the wings. Length about 

 7.00; extent, 9. So ; wing, 3.25. Iris brown ; bill bi'own, paler below ; feet pale brown. 



Hab. Pacific Coast from Russian iVmerica to Southern California, and Cape St. Lucas ; 

 east of the Rocky Mountains (?). 



