416 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



e'. Lores entirely light ashy or buff}', continuous with the super- 

 ciliary stripe of same color; length G. 00-7. 17, wing 2.90- 

 3.30 (3.09), tail 2.85-3.10 (2.98), exposed culmen .38-.42 

 (.40), tarsus .85-.92 (.88). Eggs .86 X -60, similar to those 

 of Z. Icucophrys, but cinnamou-colorcd or rusty style pre- 

 dominating, instead of the reverse. Hah. Breeding through- 

 out Alaska (except coast east and south of the peninsula), 

 and eastward through Mackenzie Eiver basin ; in winter, 

 south throughout western United States into Mexico, cast 



to edge of Gi'cat Plains (casually farttior) 555. Z. leu- 



cophrys intermedia Ridgw. Intermediate Sparrow. 

 (/'. Edge of wing pale yellow ; white, ashy, or buffj^ median crown- 

 stripe usually narrower than black or brown lateral stripes; 

 adult with back smoky brown or olive-brown, striped with 

 dark sepia-brown or sooty blackish, and chest brownish gray. 

 Lores ashy or otherwise light-colored, as in Z. intermedia ; 

 length about 5.75-6.75, wing 2.70-3.20 (2.92), tail 2.60-3.00 

 (2.75), exposed culmen .35-.48 (.41), tarsus .82-1.00 (.91). 

 Eggs .84 X -S-l, coloi-ed like those of Z. intermedia. Hah. 

 Coast ranges of California and north to British Ciilumbia. 

 556. Z. leucophrys gambeli (Xutt.). Gambel's Sparrow. 

 &. Middle crown-stripe yellow anteriorly (whole forehead suH'used with 

 yellow in younger birds). 



Adult: Median crown-stripe yellow for anterior half, or more, 

 then ashy. Immature birds with yellow duller and more or less 

 streaked or flecked with dusky, the lateral stripes poorly de- 

 fined, brownish, streaked with darker. (In general coloring, 

 except on head, closely resembling Z. gambeli.) Length about 

 7.00-8.00, wing 3.00-3.40, tail 3.25-3.50. Eggs .82 X .61, col- 

 ored like the more distinctly spotted stjde of Z. leucophrys. 

 Hah. Pacific coast, breeding from northern California (?) north 

 to Norton Sound, Alaska; during migrations, east, irregularly, 

 to Eocky Mountains, casually to Wisconsin. 



557. Z. coronata (Pall). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 

 6'. Back rusty brown, or chestnut, streaked with blackish ; chin and upper 

 throat white, abruptly contrasted with ash-gray of lower throat and 

 chest ; sides of forehead 3-ellow. 



Adult: Top of head with a narrow graj-ish white median and two 

 broad black lateral stripes; superciliarj- stripe bright A'cUow ante- 

 riorlj' (back to above eye), the rest whitish. Immature : Suj)crciliary 

 and median crown-stripes dull buflfy or light brownish, the former 

 more or less distinctly yellowish anterior!}-; lateral crown-strijies 

 dark brownish ; ash-gray of ear-coverts and chest obscured by 

 brownish. Young : Broad lateral crown-stripes dull vandyke-brown, 

 narrow median stripe dull whitish or pale brownish ; su])crciliary 



