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Zonotriohia coronata, Uaird. 



OOLBEV-CBOWiriD 8PABB0W. 



EmlM'rixa coronatd, Pam.as, Z«mi^. Kosso-Asiut. II, iSll, 44, plat*'. Zunotrtrhiti c, Haiki>, 

 Hinls N. Am. l.S.'.S, 4»;i. -IIkiiim X, .V, 4M (iM'^t). -roopKii k Sitki.ky, 201.— 

 Uall.V '.ANXi-sTKit, Tr. Ch. Ac. I, ls»)l», 2»4 (Aliiskii). — <'«m>|'kii, (»rn. <;,!. |, I'j;. 

 Ember izti at rU-iifiil III, Ari». Oiii. \\\u\i. V, 1S:JS', 47, pi. «ccxfiv (not of <!mki,in). Friii- 

 yiHa africupi/lii, All*. Svii«t|>»is, 183y, \'2'2. — In. Hinls Am. Ill, 1841, 1»)2, i»l. «x<iii. 

 FriiKjilia (luriM-iipiNii, Nril'Al.L, Man. I, ('Jtl. ••d.,) 1840, ;'».'»'». Zniii,f,irhi,i niii'iHUipinn, 

 Hon. Consj.. IS.'.n, 478.- Xkvvukuky, Z<m.1. Tal. & Or. Koiit.-, \U'\i. \\ \\. U. VI, iv. 

 18."»7, 88. Kinlnrivi afriai/>i//i>, <Im. I, 17>*>*, 87.'> (in part oiilyK - La rii. Iiul. 41.'). 

 liUuk-croicmd Buittiuij^ Vv.h\\\i\ Arc Zool, II, 304. — Laih. II, i, 2(>;i, 4i», tab. Iv. 



Sp. Char. Hood, from Mil to iipjK'r part of unpo, pine black, tlir niifhlk' loni^itudiual 

 thin! oc<'iipi«'<l by yrllow on the iiiitt'rior halt" ami pule sisli on tin- posterior. Sides and 

 under parts of head and nei'k, with unp«'r part of breast, nsh-eolor, passing; iiis«Misil»ly into 

 whitish on iht! niiddh' <»f the body; sides and nndtr tail-eovcrts tin^'ed with brownish. 

 A yt'Ilowish spot aliove the eye, bounded anterioily l»y a .«^hort blaek line from the eye to 

 the i>laek of the Ibrehead. Thi.s yellow spot, however, redueed to a few feathers in 

 spring dress. Interscapular region, with the feathers. streak<'d with dark brown, sulfused 

 with dark rufous externally. Two narrow white bands on the wings. Bill dusky aliove, 

 paler beneath ; legs llesh-color. 



Autumnal specimens have more or less of the whoh- top of hcatl gieenish-y«'llow ; th»^ 

 feathers somewhat spottetl with dusky ; the black stripe of the hood reduced to a narrow 

 superciliary Une, or else to a spot anterior to tlie eye. Length about 7 inches ; wing, 

 3.30. 



Hab. Pacific coast from Ru.ssian America to Southern California; West Humboldt 

 Mountains, Nev. Black Hills of Rocky Mountains? 



Habits. This species, described and fi^'ured by Mr. Atuliil)on as the Frln- 

 gilla atricapilla, is found in western Xorth America, from Alaska to South- 

 ern California and Cape St. Lucas, and is almost entirely confined to the 

 Pacific Province, being known east of the Cascade Mountains and Sierra 

 Nevada only as stragglers. In its general habits it is said to greatly resemble 

 the Z. (jambdi. In the vicinity of Fort Dalles, and also in the neighborhood 

 of Fort Steilacooni, Dr. Suckley found it (juite abundant in the summer. 



Dr. Cooper says that it is only a straggler in the h^rest regions west of the 

 Cascade Mountains, l)ut that it probably migrates more abundantly to the 

 open plains eastward of them. He met with them but once near Puget 

 Sound, May 10, when they were apparently migrating. Dr. Cooper found a 

 few of this species wintering as far south as San Diego, associating with Z. 

 gamheli. They were much less familiar, did not come about tlie houses, but 

 kept among the dense thickets. They were then silent, nor has he ever 

 heard them utter any song. He met with none near the summit of the 

 Sierra Nevada. 



Dr. Newberry found these birds abundant in the vicinity of San Francisco 

 in winter. 



Mr. Nuttall met with the young birds of this species on the central table- 



