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273. Spizella breweri Cass. B SGI. c isoa. R 212. 



Brewer's Chipping Sparrow. 



274. Spizella atrigularis (Cab.) Bd. B 362. c isi. R 215. 



Black-chinned Chipping Sparrow. 



275. Zonotrichia albicollis (Gm.) Bp. B 349. c 182. R 209. 



White-throated Crown Sparrow. 



276. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forst.) Sw. B 345. c 183. R 206. 



White-browed Crown Sparrow. 



277. Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia Ridg. B 346. c 1836. R 207a. 



Intermediate Crown Sparrow. 



278. Zonotrichia gambeli Nutt. B 346. c I83a. R 207. 



GambePs Crown Sparrow. 



279. Zonotrichia coronata (Pall.) Bd. B 347. c 184. R 208. 



Golden Crown Sparrow. 



280. Zonotrichia querula (Nutt.) Gamb. B 348. c 185. R 205. 



Harris's Crown Sparrow. 



281. Chondestes grammicus (Say) Bp. B 344. c 186. R 204, 204a. 



Lark Finch. 



273. S. brew'-gr-I. To Thomas Mayo Brewer, of Boston, long the leading oologist of the 



United States. 



This is given in the first ed. of the Check List as a var. of pallida. 



274. S. a-trl-gul-a r -rls. Lat. ater, atra, atrum, black ; and gularis, pertaining to the throat ; gula, 



the throat, gullet. 



275. Zo-no-trich'-I-a [pronounced Dzonotreekeya] al-bl-col'-lls. Gr. &vi\, a girdle, band, 



zone, and rpixois or rpixids, some kind of bird ; in allusion to the conspicuously banded 

 heads of sparrows of this group. Or, the latter part of the word may be directly from 

 rpixias (Qpi, genitive rpixos), hairy; i.e., having the head striped. Lat. albicollis, 

 white-throated ; albus, white, and collum, the collar, neck. 



276. Z. leu-co'-phrys. Gr. \evit6s, white, and o<ppvs, eyebrow. 



277. Z. 1. In-ter-me'd'-I-a. Lat. intermedius, intermediate, between two things ; inter, between. 



among, and medius, middle ; related to Gr. /icVoy, of same meaning. 



Not in the orig. ed. ; since discriminated both from leucophrys and from gambeli. 



278. Z. gam'-bel-i. To William Gambel, of Philadelphia, one of the pioneers in Californian 



ornithology. 



In the orig. ed. this is given as a var. of leucophrys ; since decided to be distinct. 



279. Z. c6r-o-na'-ta. Lat. coronatus, crowned, participle of corono, I crown; corona, a crown. 



Coronis or Kopcavis was the name of a Thessalian princess ; also, a scroll with which 

 writers marked the end of a piece of writing "finis coronat opus." Corone or Kop<avi\ 

 was also a crow or raven, into which the princess was fabled to have been transformed 

 by her spouse Apollo, and survives in ornithology in the term Corvus corone L. 



280. Z. queV-u-la. Lat. querulus or querulosus, plaintive, querulous ; from queror, to complain, 



lament. 



281. Chon-des'-tes gram'-ml-cQs. Gr. x^pos, cartilage ; also, a kind of grain; -estes is from 



the root e5a>, I eat. Is not the word more properly to be written chondrestes ? We suppose 

 it to be masculine. Lat. grammicus, from gramma, a line, word, mark, in allusion to the 



