BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—ZONOTRICHIA CORONATA, 461 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. | Sex Locality. When col- | Whence obtained. | Orig. Collected by— (Length. | Streteh| Wing. Remarks. 
No. |& age lected. No, of wings. 
P4795 [os cc Opposite Vermillion river.| May 7, 1856) Lt. Warren........ cocves| Drs Haydeneses sees 7.00 10.12 3,25 | Iris hazel......0 
24793 |...... Durion’s Hill, Nebraska ..| May 9, 1856 |......do... re | 6.37/ 9.12] 3, 
6200 |......| San Elizario, Texas......| Dec. —, 1854 | Major Emory ‘ 9 6. 9.50 
G19! [EP oa5s | Nort: PHOrnS Ne Miseec.ness)]e wens Ocercss Dr. Henry. asl cleereie |e 
6201 |......] White Cliff Creek Feb. —, 1854) Lt. A. W. Whipple. 65 
G20 2G erctisin cues AQ esas Sele eis O'sceiein| soit aise. Onerelsisis wstoinins 64 
B20TH eva challisatessAOvcess scesicarctrec|sscses dOssscss[eesses donact: are 61 
. Fort Tejon...... sagan sslacll(cGimpelesivivesies (a ae Cer VESCY ss 60s mvisseeleems 
6204 fo} Tejon Valley, California..|....esseceecee| Lt. Williamson. ....|seeeee 
6205 | G | Sacramento, California...|......ssee sees eee Ws eclessin ebiecisiueis asiaiehy a se eee e UOsvecstereeieas si siseisiais 
3341 Q Califoriatiweds es\aewesesi= Winter 753-4] Dr. Wilson ........|.e-0.- 
4234 |-.e..-| San Francisc0.....00..e-- TE Megid Goes vere) Cust LDs, ULES: stasais;aieieie)| Sleieiiein:| ne einisie 
GQOEF [eenwet nsec: CO0ssecns seeds soeves| May, L858, 00: |! te LIOWDIIGL. vec| secsien:|acescnie Bee civinelee 6slsel's oes ediets:|s saareas eealeecs 
C2 BSG) lores OO sescvece cece crene. May, 1855....]...... dO...... Sees: |cocces|oeceee soecicececacesslecsaccce|ecss seecfeseccascl sees sone sececccees 
6551 | G | Petaluma, California.....J.... do...... E. Samuels .......- 9933). wet esaearctee esas lames spears Don Brea Coccor Cactrrnc wa 
(fSp3i|| TOWN eeesaartopccee ndobonemcccae April 27, 1855 |..... AdOsecmanoeecee BOBi eanhrar Sesaacanees sc) arol | 10 BIQDSils scoa'stemacleroectnta 
A337 |e eee HOKE DallesiOn Diceenesisalsewsseasssiess Dr. Suckley....+... ROB lererstetaarestes ataetaieisiscists 6.75 9.50 S| cise sleataeke maleate 
6208 | GC | Fort Steilacoom, W. T. ..| March, 1856..|.... dO.sescsesseee] 87 |escasceccsasctessccsleces seasleces cass |usteseoos [acs uattee camamnen 
6209] sodeaw lec. dOS: eadentckcan.cens Eee adosyetes daeinGOsaiess. sinuses DOH, . spasuesectecosicaes |reessaae| aeecenee Wosveor|ouesetit wodeece ane 
B21 sieisisies |iv'aevee Oc s.scic aeaeme staan PATCUMY, Leo | seme cs msice(es mainiell| LO ba siaiaiare oeiscee sisteasbeins G550) | LOL 75 Jen tars ase |e saisivvieicqansiewine cle 
B2L0 | wsyerfoecees dO....c0eceescce veee| March, 1856.,/...... Ovsescvcceses| 284 [ssc pescewens cece |eoceen eee ceecceesleoeee aislateavteleia stersle 
6212 | .....} Shoalwater Bay, W. T. ..| June 16, 1854 | Dr. Cooper ....002-| 76 |eaccerccccesceseece-| 6.62 9.37 |........| Bill yellow, tipped 
with brown; iris 
brown: legs yel- 
: low. 
B2TS} | eciceien| cence eAOrccesceccccecsssse [sessed As ceene wrest OO caisiise ceeds eecsie sees eerecececeeees| 6.25 be lanoccodc The same ..cceee 
5978 |......] Straits of Fuca, W.T April, 1855...] 
SOTO | oceeee[oegee AOr,seecescsceceeees seccccusecves 
ZONOTRICHIA CORONATA, Baird. 
Golden-crowned Sparrow. 
Emberiza coronata, Patias, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 44; plate. 
Emberiza atricapilla, Aup. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 47; pl. 394; (not of Gmelin.) 
Fringilla atricapilla, Avp. Synopsis, 1839, 122.—Is. Birds Amer. I{I, 1841, 162; pl. 193. 
Fringilla awrocapilla, Nutraty, Man. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 555. 
Zonolrichia awrocapilla, Bon. Consp. 1850, 478.—Newserry, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route, Rep. P.R.R.VI, 1, 1857, 
88. 
Emberiza atricapilia, Gm. I, 1788, 875, in part only.—-Larn. Ind. 415. 
Black-crowned Bunting, Pennant, Arc. Zool. I, 364.—Larn. II, 1, 202, 49; tab. lv. 
Se. Cu.—Hood, from bill to upper part of nape, pure black, the middle longitudinal third occupied by yellow on the anterior 
half, and pale ash on the posterior. Sides and under parts of head and neck, with upper part of breast, ash color, passing 
insensibly into whitish on the middle of the body ; sides and under tail coverts tinged with brownish. A yellowish spot above 
the eye, bounded anteriorly by a short black line from the eye to the black of the forehead. This yellow spot, however, reduced 
to a few feathers in spring dress. Interscapular region, with the feathers, streaked with dark brown, suffused with dark rufous 
externally. Two narrow white bands on the wings. 
Length, about 7 inches ; wing, 3.30. 
Hab .—Pacific coast from Russian America to southern California ; Black Hills of Rocky Mountains. ? 
In the Oregon specimen described above, (2780) and which served as the original of Mr. 
Audubon’s description and figure, the black stripes on the crown extend down as far as the pos- 
terior canthus of the eye, obliterating any black line behind it. In 5550, from Petaluma, Cali- 
fornia, however, there is an ashy streak above the eye bordering the black, similar to the pattern 
