462 U. & P. R. R, EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT, 
in Z, leucophrys, which, like the median stripe of the crown, is yellow anteriorly. There is a 
dusky line back of the eye. The dark stripes on the crown are more brownish than black, and 
considerably narrower. An immature specimen (5980) has each feather of the crown streaked 
with blackish; the forehead blackish; the whole anterior portion of the crown yellowish, 
brightest over the eye. 
This species is very closely related to the 7. leucophrys, which it slightly exceeds in size. It is 
a little more rufous on the back, and has less ash on the nape. The pattern of coloration of the 
Petaluma specimen is precisely the same, the median stripe on the head being yellow anteriorly 
and grayish posteriorly, instead of pure white; in the one from Columbia river, the black on 
the sides of the crown passes outward so as to obliterate the light superciliary stripe, except in 
its anterior yellowish portion, as also the dark line behind the eye. This, however, is, I suspect, 
rather a question of coloration with season, the black in full spring dress being broader and 
purer, extending down to the eye, while in other seasons it is narrower, leaving a superciliary 
ashy streak. This is the case with all the California specimens before me, (amounting to over 
thirty, all in summer or fall dress,) while all those from Washington Territory have the purer 
and more extended black. 
In Lieutenant Bryan’s collections are two young sparrows (7032, 7033,) which I am inclined 
to refer to this species. The back is more broadly streaked with black, the throat, breast, and 
sides beneath with distinct dusky streaks. The head above shows an obscure median whitish 
stripe and another superciliary one from above the eye; the rest of the head above is spotted 
with blackish and brown. 
Latham (Synopsis II, 202,) describes a black-crowned Bunting from the Sandweih Islands, and 
incidentally mentions the present species as a variety from Nootka Sound. Gmelin bases an 
Emberiza atricapilla upon that name, and includes both original and variety. If his name 
can be retained for either one, however, it must be for the Sandwich Island species, which is 
very different from ours. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex and Locality. When Whence obtained.) Orig.| Collected by— |Length.| Stretch | Wing. Remarks. 
No. | age. collected. No. of wings. 
= | 
6216 | 3 Fort Steilacoom, W. T..... | els(e sin sle.c}a(a(ejare(e | Dr. Suckley ..... | 0A emesis cisjsiaciaiesias 7.00 . 16.50 3.25 [['sseeeieesccislncamos 
6217 | sieiele(eleie|[Isieceioie'e AO sere aleieietsisinisinc'eofereieic:| ADI O05: LOOGi| ssie'sieis Ovsisisciejvies-'| O47 |uvieee'eissiveclsiecie’nes Jesse tees [tees tees ceece selrccccccveeas ceeee . 
2780 ref Columbia river..... April —, 1836 | 8. F. Baird ......|...... J. K. Townsend..|........ [eee eens feooaasoos 25506 
4388 | Q Fort Dalles, O. T May 11, 1855) Dr. Suckley...... TEM ep aiqpacoanaoooocd 7.00") | Tris dark hazel... 
5550| Petalumay Cali icmse:ceswieseulecasieseassieees | E. Samuels ...... P1330" Gesacs oscocoun sand canton | cece vcerleseecese|seceee 
6214 | 3 Sacramento, Cal... -.| Lt. Williamson. ..}....+. Dr. Heermann...|.... +++ eacroned icone: <2) cocci 
6215 roe oe O.. sons ccesccesevcces|secesscccess zou Hapoc Os einlc veseisicia'|sje.eie eie'|[e'e v'sleie dO. veceesceloves G50 [tsa 0008 li piieeeeeeee ae 
5980 Oo Santa Olara, Cal .......000. Noy. —, 1855| Dr. J..G. Cooper .| ccccec|cececccencescscess 7.25 oe { maeiecolor 
| Fort: Tejon; Cal screciciecisssje0 Re ae | Je X. de VeSCY...)sceeea|sacccccecscceneces|eese snes! sees cecal seer vers|seeeeeccer sees seen 
7032? (e) W. Fork Med. Bow mount’s.| Aug. 5, 1857} Lt. F. T. Bryan..| 377 | W.S. WoO0d. 2...) ..00-.00) eee eeee|sceeteeelecenes cocsces cons 
7033?) 0 378 sees 
ZONOTRICHIA QUERULA, Gambel. 
Harris’s Finch. 
Fringilla querula, Nurvarz, Man. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 555. (Westport, Mo.) 
Zonotrichia querula, GamBet, J. A. N. Se. 2d Ser. I, 1847, 51.—Bonar. Consp. 1850, 478. 
Fringilla harrisii, Aup. Birds Amer. VII, 1843, 331, pl. 484. 
Fringilla comata, Pr. Max. Reise I, 184i. 
Zonotrichia comata, Br. Consp. 1850, 479. 
