BIRDS—FRINGILLIDAE—ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS. 
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Sp. Cu.—Hood and nape, sides of head anterior to and including the eyes, chin, throat, and a few spots in the middle of 
the upper part of the breast and on its sides, black. 
of the ear coverts. 
clear white. 
about 7 inches; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.65. 
Sides of body light brownish, streaked. 
Hab.—Missouri river, above Fort Leavenworth. 
The bill of this species appears to be yellowish red. 
Sides of head and neck ash gray, with the trace of a narrow crescent back 
the black of the head above more restricted. 
reddish brown, lighter on the latter region. 
of the hood edged with whitish. 
Interscapular region of back, with the feathers reddish brown streaked with dark brown. 
Two narrow white bands across the greater and middle coverts. 
Breast and belly 
Length, 
More immature specimens vary in having 
The nape and sides of the head to the bill pale 
Others have the feathers of the anterior portion 
In all there is generally a trace of black anterior to the eye. 
This species has a considerably larger bill than 7. leucophrys, the mandible especially. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. Sex. 
Locality. 
No. | 
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6218 | fof | Fort Leavenworth,K.T. 
CC Bonde [eens Gvescisacectivess 
S798 lenssss Upper Missouri....... 
1940 | G | Kickapoo Co., Mo. R. 
4799 |...0. Bald Island........05- 
5400 | 3 | Medicine Creek, K.T. 
Sp. Cu.—Two black stripes on the crown separated by a median one of white. 
the mandible to the occiput, yellow as far as the middle of the eye and white behind this. 
the head from behind the eye. 
the breast, fading into white on the belly, and margined by a narrow black maxillary line. 
yellow. 
the wing 
lected. 
When col- Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by—) 
Length.| Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing, 
Remarks. 
Oct. 21, 1854 
May 5, 1843 
April 24, 1856 
Lt. Couch........ 
April 21, 1856 Lt. Warren.... .. 
sleeves do 
8. F. Baird 
L . Warren 
|): Octe'Brvcicsecelecei « 
| Eye hazel. ..... 
Iris brown.......+ 
ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS, Bonap. 
White-throated Sparrow. 
Fringilla albicollis, Gmexin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 926.—Wison, Am. Orn. III, 1811, 51; pl. xxii, f. 2 —Licur. Verz. 
Doubl. No. 247, (1823.) 
Zonotrichia albicollis, Be. Consp. 1850, 478. —Cas. Mus. Hein. 185], 132. 
Passer pennsylvanicus, Brisson, 1760. 
Appendix 77. 
Fringilla pennsylvanica, Latu. Index, I, 1790, 445.—Avp. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 42: V. 497; pl. 8.—Is. Syn. 1839, 
121.—Is. Birds Amer. III, 1841, 153; pl. 191. 
Fringilla (Zonotrichia) pennsylvanica, Sw. F. B. Am. II, 1831, 256. 
Zonotrichia pennsylvanica, Bon. List, 1838. 
Back and edges of secondaries rufous brown, the former streaked with dark brown. 
coverts. 
Hab.—Eastern United States to the Missouri. 
Female smaller, and the colors rather duller. 
Length, 7 inches ; wing, 3.10; tail, 3.20. 
A broad superciliary stripe from the base of 
A broad black streak on the side of 
Chin white, abruptly deflned against the dark ash of the sides of the head and upper part of 
Edge of wing and axillaries 
Two narrow white bands across 
Immature and winter specimens have the 
white chin patch less abruptly defined; the white markings on the top and sides of the head 
tinged 
with brown. 
breast and sides of throat and body. 
Some specimens, apparently mature, show quite distinct streaks on the 
As Brisson’s nomenclature is not binomial, and his names merely literal translations into 
Latin from the French vernacular, consisting usually of three or more words, rather than two, I 
have followed Cabanis, Bonaparte, and most modern authors in rejecting them altogether. 
