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S§ Forehpad and fore part of crown yellow centrally. 



5. Z. ooronata. Middle of crown, anteriorly, bright greenish yellow (in adult) or 

 olive-yullnw (in young). Adult: Pileuni black laterally, the median portion yel- 

 low anteriorly, and ash-gray posteriorly. Plumage otherwise exactly as in Z. 

 tamhe.li. Young, in first winter: No distinct stripes on crown, which is dull 

 olive-yellowish, obscured by grayish brown, and streaked with dusky; the 

 streaks more distinct posteriorly, and sometimes forming an ill-defined stripe 

 on the side; otherwise, like the adult. 



B. A yellow supraloral spot; throat abruptly white. 



6. Z. albicollis. Adult: Two broad stripes on the crown, and a narrow one behind 

 the eye. black; a white stripe in middle of crown, and one over ear-coverts, the 

 latter becoming bright yellow over lores; ear-coverts and jugulum deep ash ; 

 back rusty brown, streaked with black. Young, first winter: Similar to adult, 

 but head-stripes rusty dusky-brown and pale rusty btiff, the yellow over the 

 lores, and the white throat-patch, less distinct. Young, first plumage: Crown 

 uniform snuff- brown, with a narrow whitish middle stripe ; superciliary stripe 

 dirty whitish, with no yellow over lores; jugulum streaked with dusky. Throat 

 not abruptly white. 



Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) 



HAKRIS'S SPAEEOW. 

 Popular synonym. Mourning Finch. 



Fringilla gwerula Nutt. Man. 2d ed. i. 1840. 558. 

 Zonotrichia. querula Game. 1847.— Baied.B. N. Am. 1858,462; Cat. N.Am.B. 1859,No.348. 

 — CouES. Key, 1872,145; Cheek List 1S73. No. 185; 2d ed. 1882, No. 280; B. N. W. 1874, 

 157.— B. B. & K. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874. 5T7, pi. 26, figs. 4,7.— Eidgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 

 1881. No. 205. 



Fringilla harrisii AuD. B. Am. vii, 1843, 331, 484. 



Fringilla comata Mas. Eeise Nord-Am. ii. 1841, 352. 



Hab. Eastern border of the Great Plains, from northern Minnesota and Dakota (in 

 summer) to central and eastern Texas (in winter). East, irregularly ( ?) to Wisconsin, Illi- 

 nois, Iowa, and Missouri. 



"Sp. Chae. 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. Sides of head and neck ash-gray, with the trace of a narrow crescent back of the 

 ear-coverts. Interscapular region of back, with the feathers reddish brown, streaked 

 with dark brown. Breast and belly clear white. Sides of body light brownish, streaked. 

 Two narrow white bands across the greater and middle coverts. Length about 7 inches; 

 ■wing, 3.40; tail, 3.65. 



"The bill of this species appears to he yellowish red. More imma- 

 ture specimens vary in having the black of the head more re- 

 stricted, the nape and sides of the head to the bill pale reddish 

 brown, lighter on the latter region. Others have the feathers of the 

 anterior portion of the hood edged with whitish. In. all there is 

 generally a trace of black anterior to the eye." {Hist. N. Am. B.) 



Considering the length of time it has been known (more than 40 

 years), comparatively httle has been learned regarding the habits of tbig 



