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FRINGILLA LEUCOPHRYS— GMEL. 



WHITE-CROWNED FINCH. 



White-crowned Bunling, Emberiza leucophrys, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Fringilla leucophrys, Bonap. Syn. 



Fringilla (Zonotrichia) leucophrys, White-crowned Finch, Sw. & Rich. 



White-crowned Bunting, or Finch, Nutt. Man. 



White-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla leucophrys, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Crown white, broadly bordered in front and 

 at the sides with black ; over the eye a white band, below which, 

 passing through the eye, a black band. Young with the crown 

 bordered with reddish-brown, and the white marking so conspicu- 

 ous on the crown of the adult, faintly developed. Adult male with 

 the crown white ; a band passing behind the eyes, meeting on the 

 occiput, white, bordered above and below with broad bands of 

 black ; cheeks, sides, fore part of the neck, and a large portion of 

 the breast, ash-gray : throat and abdomen grayish- white ; sides and 

 lower tail coverts yellowish-brown ; fore part of the back streaked 

 wth reddish-brown and yellowish-gray; rump light yellowish- 

 brown ; quills dark brown ; primaries edged with yellowish-gray; 

 secondaries and their coverts with yellowish-red ; secondary and 

 first row of small coverts tipped with white ; tail feathers brown. 

 Length seven inches and a half, wing three and a quarter. 



In the Middle States this well-marked Sparrow is quite rare. In 

 the Western States it is more abundant, and has been found quite 

 plentiful in Missouri, in the vicinity of St. Louis. It is very gentle, 

 allows of near approach, and is usually observed along the roads 

 and farm-houses. 



" It breeds in all parts of the Fur countries, arriving about the 

 middle of May, and departing early in September to the northern 

 parts of the United States, where it winters. — Fauna Boreali Amer- 

 icana, part second, page 255. 



