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S YS TEMA TIC S YNOPSIS. — PASSERES — OS CINES. 



oval at end ; tail as a whole 



rounded. Tarsus about equal 



., to middle toe and claw ; lateral 



L. •J)r!L»y^^ ^Qgg about equal to each other. 



Sexes similar; young similar in 



most respects, but lacking the 



1^ I distinctive markings which 



adorn the heads of the adults. ,^^^^mt,S5 

 Nest on the ground or in bushes 

 ^, ^ c ■ near it; eggs colored. The ^ „„ „ 



291.— Cron-n Sparrow (white- \ °° . Fio. 20-2. — Crown Sparrow 



throated), uat. size. (Ad. uat. del. Crown SparroWS are peculiar (white-crowned), nat. size. (Ad. 



^- C.) to America, where they are °^t- ^^^- ^- C) 



represented by about nine beautiful and perfectly distinct species, four of wliicli (one of them 



with two subspecies) occur N. of Me.xico. 



Analysis of Species and Subspecies {adtd/s only). 



Crown black and white ; no yellow on head ; throat ash. 



Lores black. Dorsal streaks purplish-bay ; uo yellow on wing. Eastern leucophrys 



Lores gray. Dorsal streaks purplish-bay ; no yellow on wing. Western I. intermedia 



Lores gray. Dorsal streaks sooty-black ; edge of wing yellowish. Pacific coast I. gambeli 



Crown black and white ; yellow spot before eye ; throat white ; edge of wing yellow. Eastern .... ulbicoUis 



Crown black, yellow and ash ; edge of wing yellow ; throat ashj*. Pacific coast coronata 



Crown, face, and throat black ; no yellow on head or wing. Interior regions querula 



Z. albicol'lis. (Lat. alhicollis, white-throated ; albus, white ; collum, neck. Fig. 293.) 

 White-thhoated Crown Sparrow. Peabody-bird. Adult ^: Crown black, divided 

 by a median white stripe, bounded by a white superciliary line, and yelloiv spot from nostril to 



eye; below this a black stripe through 



1^^ , ^ .^..\>, "^^fe . ^y^' below this a maxillary black stripe 



^^^^. „^'' '■'^^]^W" ' Mil- bounding definitely pure white throat, 



^^^^^r^'' ' '^^^^T f^'^^^^ i^hai ply contrasted with dark ash of breast 



^*\ ' -► _ ^ <^^^ ^ ^^~^ iind sides of neck and head. Edge of 



-^s^j^ ^^-*^r^3^ -^ ' vine/ yellow. Back continuously streaked 



"^K^^^^^*" j. ^— - -z::;;^jit^'^ V "^ with black, chestnut, and fulvous-white; 



v^^^B"^" *^ ~*^^^^=^r^~ -'"^^ lump ashy, unmarked. Wings much 



^^^P^;^t / ^li ^^ Jt^ ^ c~ ( dged with bay; white tips of median 



' "^m^^^^ jCm''' 'fe^ ' <^^r '^"^^ '""^ greater coverts forming two con- 



^^^^Bj^^^ff** ^ ^\ '^''^^y <'l'^^ -l)icuous bars; quills and tail-feathers 



V ^]^^Sv^^l^P'""i-wi'J*^'- ^"^^A " i' y^ dusky, with pale edges. Below, white, 



/ ^^^kt'S^^^^^^ ^ *" L "'"' '"''^ '' '^"^^ ^ '-had(!d with ashy-brown on sides, deei)er 



/ -' ^^'^'''^^i^i J -" y ) and })urer on breast ; bill dark ; feet pale. 



,~^ ^t, ""/ /»'^r^ "■ ^^^^^ ^' """'^ture birds, and specimens as 



/ / JT ^ " '-* ~^ generally seen in the U. S. in fall and 



Fig. 2'.I3. - White-throated Crown Sparrow, reduced. (Shep- winter, having black of head replaced 

 pard del. Nicliols sc.) i "" , . ,. , i 



by brown, the white of throat less con- 

 spicuously contrasted with duller ash of surrounding i)arts, and frequently with obscure dusky 

 streaks on breast and sides ; but the species may always be known by the yellow over eye 

 and on edge of wing (these never being imperceptible), coupled with large size and generic 

 characters. Length 6.50-6.90; extent 9.20-9.90; wing 2.75-3.00; tail about the same. A 

 fine Sparrow, abundant throughout eastern N. Am. ; W. to Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, 

 and casually to Utah, California, and Oregon ; 9 California specimens have been reported ; 

 breeds from N. New England and other Northern States N. to about 65° in the fur countries ; 



