GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE. 
524. Leucosticte tephrocotis. 6% inches. 
Female similar to, but duller colored than the male. 
All the members of this genus are western and 
northern, this one only being found east of the Rockies 
and then only in winter, when it occasionally is found 
east of the Mississippi. They wander about in rocky 
mountainous regions, feeding upon seeds and berries. 
They are very restless and stop in a place but a short 
time before flying swiftly away, in a compact flock, 
to another feeding ground. 
Note.—An alarm note of a short, quick whistle. 
Nest.—Built on the ground, usually beside a rock or 
in a crevice; composed of weeds and grass, lined with 
finer grass. They lay three or four unmarked white 
eges in June. 
Range.—Western U. S., breeding in the higher moun 
tain ranges; in winter sometimes wandering east to 
the Mississippi. 
