288 AVES: PASSERES. — XLVI. 
917. Z. leucophrys (Forster). WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 
Streaked above, with but little chestnut ; crown black, with a broad 
white median band; lores blackish; a white superciliary streak; 
throat like breast, but paler; young with the crown chiefly rich 
brown. L.7. W.34. T.34. N. Am. ; not rare. (Aevxds, white ; 
odpus, eyebrow. ) 
aa. Head with yellow. 
918. Z. coronata (Pallas). Similar to Z. leucophrys, but the 
crown-stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy behind. L. 74. W. 33. T. 33. 
W.N. Am., rarely E. to Wis. (Lat., crowned.) 
919. Z. albicollis (Gmelin). WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 
Preasopy Birp. Much chestnut streaking above; crown black, 
with white median and superciliary stripes; spot over eye and 
edge of wing always yellow ashy below, whitening on throat; 9 
duller. L. 7. W. 3. T. 34. E. N. Am.; an abundant and 
handsome sparrow. (Lat., albus, white; collum, neck.) 
485. SPIZELLA Bonaparte. (Dim. of omiga, a sparrow.) 
920. S. monticola (Gmelin). Tree Sparrow. Streaked above ; 
crown chestnut; bill black above, pale below; neck, line over eye 
and under parts ashy gray; a dark pectoral blotch; white wing 
bars distinct. L.61. W.3. T.3. N. Am., chiefly northerly ; 
U. S. in winter. (Lat., living on mountains.) 
921. S. socialis (Wilson). CuHippy. CHIPPING SPARROW. 
Streaked above, with much dull bay; crown chestnut; forehead 
and streak through eye black; ashy white below; bill blackish ; 
wing bars faint, brownish. L. 54. W. 22. T. 24. N. Am., 
everywhere common. 
922. S. pusilla (Wilson), Fre_tp Sparrow. General color of 
S. monticola, but paler and duller; bill pale; no pectoral blotch ; 
wing bands obscure, whitish. L. 54. W. 2}. T. 2}. E.U.S., 
abundant. (Lat., petty.) 
923. S. pallida (Swainson). CLAY-cOoLORED Sparrow. Pale 
brownish yellow, streaked with black ; crown grayish, with median 
stripe. L. 5}. W. 2k. T. 21. Great Plains, rarely E. to Ill. 
486. JUNCO Wagler. (Lat., Juncus, a rush.) 
924. J. hyemalis (L.). Snow Brrp. Slaty gray; head darker ; 
bill pale; belly and outer tail feathers white; Q more grayish ; 
L. 64. W. 3. T. 8. N. Am., everywhere abundant, breeding 
in cold regions, and moving S. as cold weather approaches, usually 
in advance of the snow. Represented W. by numerous varieties ; 
var. oregonus Townsend, with sides pinkish, ranging E. to Ill. (Lat., 
wintry.) 
