2GC> BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



II Foreheod and foro part of crown yollow (■cntnilly. 

 r>. Z. ooronata. MliliUt" of crown. anliTlorly. lirliclit irri><-nl»h yellow (Inudult)or 

 ollvi-jill.iw liiyoiinK). Ailiill: IMIi'iim Muck luliTally. tin- inrdlnn portion yel- 

 low untcrlnrly. iind nsh-Kniy poKtcrliirly. Fliiniuico ollicrwlsc exactly iih iu Z. 

 oaiiibfli. Young, in flrst irintrr: No dlHtlnet HtrlpcH on crown. wlil<'li i» dull 

 ollve-ycllowlttli. obscured by KraylKli brown, and Klreaked wllli ilusky: tlie 

 Htreakx more distinct posteriorly, and sonietlnios foriuini; an lll-dcllned strliie 

 on the side: ntlierwlge, like the adult. 

 B. A yellow suprnloral spot; tliroat abruptly white. 



<i Z. albioollia. Adult: Two broad stripes on the crown, and a narrow one behind 

 tiio eye. black: a white stripe in miildle of i-rown. andone nver ear-cuverts. the 

 hitter beconiInK brijtht yidlow over lores; ear-coverts and jtii^lum deep ash; 

 back rusty brown, streaked with black. Young, flml winlfr: tllmilar to adult, 

 but head-Rtripis rusty ilusky-brown and pale rusty buff, the yollow over the 

 lores, and the white throat-patch, less distinct. Young, flmt plumage: Crown 

 uniform snulT-brown, with a narrow whitish middle stripe;su|ierciliary stripe 

 dirty wlillish. with no yi-ili)W over lores; jUKulum streaked with dusky. Throat 

 nut abruptly white. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) 



HASBIS'S SPABBOW. 

 Popular synonym. Mourning Finch. 

 Fi-ingilla (jmrula NUTT. Man. 2il ed. i, \Hi». 558. 

 Zonotrichia querula (lAMB. 1S47.-BAIRD.B. N. Am. 1858.462; Cat. N. .A.m. B. 1859, No. 348. 

 —Coves, Key, 1872,145; Check List, 1S73, No. 185; 2d ed. 1882. No. 280; B. N. \V. 1874. 

 157.-B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874. 5n. pi. 26, ngs. 4.7.-RU)OW. Nom. N. Am. B. 

 1881, No. 205. 

 FringiVa harriaii AUD. B. AM. vli, 1843.331, 484. 

 Fringilla cornala Max. Reise Nord-Am. 11,1811,352. 



Hab. Eastern border of the Great Plains, from northern Minnesota and Dakota [In 

 summer) to central and (^astern Texas (in winter). East, irroeularly (?) to Wisconsin, Illi- 

 nois, Iowa, and Missouri. 



"Sp. Chab. Hood and nai>e. sides of head anterior to and including the eyes. chin, 

 throat, and a few spots in the middle of the upper part of the breast and on Its sides, 

 black. Sides of head and neck ash-gray, with the truce of a narrow crescent back of the 

 ear-coverts. Interscapular reifion of back, with the feathers reddish brown, streaked 

 with dark lirown. Breast and belly clear while. Sides of body ligiit brownish, streaked. 

 Twii narrow white bands across the greater and middle coverts. Length about 7 inches; 

 wing, 3.40; Uill, 3.G5. 



"The bill of this species appears to be yellowish red. More imma- 

 ture specimens vary in having the black of the head more re- 

 stricted, the nape and sides of the head to the bill pale reddish 

 brown, hghter on the latter region. Others have the feathers of the 

 anterior portion of the hood edged with whitish. In all there is 

 generally a trace of black anterior to the eye." {Hist. X. Am. B.) 



Considering the length of time it has been known (more than 40 

 years), comparatively Uttle has been learned regarding the habits of this 



