176 WHITE-CEO WN ED SPARROW 



White-crowned Sparrow : Zonotrichia leucophrys. 



Adults, back brownish gray ; breast clear gray ; crown conspicu- 

 ously striped black and white, three middle stripes of equal 

 width. Young, similar, but crown dull gray bordered by 

 brown. Length, about 6f inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Breeding from higher mountain 

 ranges of western United States, Sierra Nevada, Rocky Moun- 

 tains, and eastward, north of the Great Lakes, to Labrador ; 

 in winter, over whole of United States, and south into Mexico. 

 (Ridgway.) 



Thousands of White-crowns may be seen in 

 the Mississippi valley, but they are rare in the 



FIG. 92. FIG. 93. 



White-throated Sparrow. White-crowned Sparrow. 



east. Sometimes one of the distinguished looking 

 birds will be discovered in a flock of White- 

 throats. You can tell him from his cousins at a 

 glance, because he has not the white patch under 

 the chin, being uniformly gray from his bill to 

 his tail. His crown serves still further to distin- 

 guish him. It is as striking as a soldier's cap. 

 Moreover, he attracts attention by his general 

 bearing, which is unmistakably that of an aristo- 

 crat. His song has much greater variety of note 



