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blackish centres to the feathers of the mantle, which have somewhat 

 paler edgings, but no grey ; the hind neck brown, streaked with 

 dusky ; the scapulars tinged with chestnut ; lesser wing-coverts 

 brown ; median and greater coverts blackish, edged externally with 

 pale brown, and tipped with white at the end of the outer web, the 

 inner coverts of both series externally washed with chestnut; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky, edged with lighter brown, 

 whitish at the end of the outer web ; quills dusky brown, externally 

 edged with olive-brown, rufescent towards the base ; the primaries 

 edged with whitish, the inner secondaries with chestnut, and, like 

 the inner coverts, whitish at the ends ; lower back and rump uniform 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts brown, slightly tinged with rufous, with 

 dark centres to the feathers ; tail-feathers brown, edged with olive- 

 brown ; crown of head white, bordered on each side by a line of 

 black, very broad, and reaching from the base of the nostrils to the 

 sides of the nape ; lores and a narrow line over the eye whitish ; 

 ear-coverts ashy grey, with a black line above the upper margin ; 

 cheeks, throat, fore neck, and chest ashy grey; lower breast and 

 abdomen whitish, slightly tinged with olive-yellow ; sides of body 

 and flanks uniform brown, paler on the latter ; thighs olive-yellow, 

 posteriori}' brown ; under tail-coverts dull white ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries pale olive-yellow, with light brown bases, the edge of 

 the wing pale olive-yellow : quills dusky below, ashy along the edge 

 of the inner web. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 05, wing 2-95, 

 tail 2-7, tarsus 0-9. 



The winter plumage is brown and generally Sparrow-like in 

 character as in summer, but the median line of the crown is pale 

 brown, with a broad chestnut band on each side of the head ; the 

 eyebrow, ear-coverts, and sides of neck are brown ; lores and eyelid 

 dull whitish, as well as the fore part of the cheeks ; throat ashy 

 whitish, the latter skirted by a malar line of dark brown spots ; 

 lower throat and fore neck ashy brown ; the lower breast and 

 abdomen white, washed with olive-yellow ; sides of body and flanks 

 brown, the latter mottled with darker centres ; under tail-coverts 

 also brown, with darker centres ; axillaries and under tail-coverts 

 pale olive-yellow, as in the full plumage. 



The differences between this race and the one called Z. intermedia 

 are extremely slight, and the two will probably be found to grade 

 into one another. Certainly several specimens named Z. intermedia 

 by Mr. Ridgway himself have a good deal of yellow on the edge of 

 the wing. 



Hab. Pacific coast of Xorth America to California. 



a. $ ad. sk. Fort Simpson. B.E.Ross, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Esquimault {A. H. Markkam). Salvin-Godman Coll, 



c. Ad. sk. British Columbia. Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



d. Ad.sk. S. Juan Straits. Capt.Kellett& Lieut. 



Wood [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. S. Juan Island. Dr. Lyall [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Saturna Island. Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Vancouver Island. J.K. Lord, Esq.[C.~|. 



h, i. I mm. sk. California. Sclater Coll. 



