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Zonofn'ffiia hitrophnjx. 



Fc Duile AnxWwv. l>ut smalh-r ; iiiiiiiaiiiif Mnls in lir-t wiiittT, with tin- l)la«-k iiixl white 

 striju'^i on the crown replaced hy dark <he>tnut-1)r<)wn and Itrownish-yellow. I,eM<rtli. 

 7.10 inches; winj/, o.2'>. Yinnifj of' the i/etw th'u-kW streaked with (hisky on the l>reast 

 The lateral stripes of the crown dull i>rown, the median t»ne streaked whitish. 



IIab. United States Ironi the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, where they lieconie 

 associated with Z. t/itmhrli. Cap** St. Lucas ; 

 (Jreeidand (Kkimiarut, Ibis, 111, 7). Breed in 

 Wahsatch Mountains (1Iid<;wav). 



The wliito of the crown se]»arates two 

 bhick stripes on either side, ratlier nar- 

 rovvin* than itself. The IJaek hue l)ehin(l 

 the eve is coiitiniieil anterior to it into the 

 l>laek tit tlie base of the bill. The lower 

 evelid is white. There are some obscure 

 chnidin^s of darker on the neck above. 

 Tlie rump is immaculate. No white on 

 the tail, except very obscure tips. The 

 white on the winirs crosses the ends of the middle an<l ureater coverts. 



The character distinguishing the western representative (Z. (jnndnii) of 

 lfncopJir//s is api)arently \ery trithng, but is very constant. 



Habits. The White-crowned Sparrow is found from the IJotky Moun- 

 tains eastward to the Atlantic, and in all the intervenini*- territorv, from the 

 Soutliern States to the Arctic regions. In the high meadows of the 

 Wali^atcli Mountains, Mr. liidgway found this l)ird very abundant, and one 

 very characteristic, breeding there quite as numerously as any other species. 

 In all that region Mr. IJidgway did not meet with a single individual of Z. 

 gft.nheli, its western representative. At the encampment at Parley's Park 

 these birds soon became on verv familiar terms witli the iiarty. Thev were 

 very sociable, and paid frecj^uent visits to the cook's tent, and picked up, with- 

 out the slightest signs of fear, the crumbs from the ground. Their sweet 

 morning carol was, he states, delightful to the ear, and they were held in 

 great favor by all. A nest of these birds was found on the ground, at Parley's 

 Park, June 26. It w^as built in a bunch of Gc rani urn. Specimens of this 

 species were obtained, in winter, at Cape St. Lucas, Lcnver California, by ^Ir. 

 Xantus. 



Although an eastern species, passing, in its migrations, through the South- 

 ern Atlantic States to Labrador in the s])ring and returning in the fall, it is 

 a rare species in all Xew Englan<l. ^Ir. I>oardman says that it is not c(»m- 

 mon in Eastern Maine, and ^Ir. Verrill that it is rare in the western jjart of 

 that State. In Eastern Massachusetts it is very rare. Mr. Maynard men- 

 tions obtaining a single specimen, May 27, and regards it as (juite a rare 

 migrant. I have never met witli the bird near Poston, and do not Kdieve 

 that it is found there, except singly and rarely. In the western })art of the 

 State, though less rare, it is very far from being common. It is found there 

 in the spring, from the 2Uth to the 3Uth of May, and in October from the 1st 



