AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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Crowned SpoLrrows. 



No. 553, Harris's Sparrow, (Zonotrichia quer- 



ula.) 



Length, about 7.5 inches. Crown, face and throat, 

 black, this extending on the chest and along the sides 

 in broad streaks. Under parts pure white, except 

 along the flanks which are dusky. Middle and greater 

 wing coverts tipped with white forming two white 

 wing bars. The young birds have the black feathers 

 of the crown edged with grayish and the throat is gen- 

 erally white edged more or less with black. Found 

 from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi. 



No. 554, White-crowned Sparrow, (Z. leuco- 



phrys.) 



Length, 6.5 in. Crown black enclosing a very 

 broad white medium stripe. The black of the crown 

 extends in front of the eye thus cutting off the white 

 superciliary stripe. A narrow stripe of black extends 

 back from the eye over the ears. Back and coverts 

 grayish streaked broadly with brown. Under parts 

 grayish fading into white on the throat and brownish 

 on the flanks. Young birds have the black of the 

 crown replaced with brown and the white dusky. 

 Found throughout the United States and Southern 

 Canada. 



No. 554 a., Intermediate Sparrow, (Z. /. inter- 

 media^ . 

 Exactly like the last with the exception that the 

 black on the forehead does not extend in front of the 

 eye. From the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific. 



No. 554 b., Gambel's Sparrow, (Z./. ^a/wZ?^///) 

 Head just like the last, but the back is more brown- 

 ish and the streakings are sooty black. 



No. 557, Golden-crowned Sparrow, (Z. Coron- 



ata.) 



Length, 6.5 in. Crown black enclosing a median 

 patch of yellow. The black extends in front of the 

 eye. Back rather olive brown streaked with brownij.h 

 black. Edge of wing yellow. 



No. 558, White-throated Sparrow, (Z. alhicol- 



lis.) 



Top of head black enclosing a narrow white stripe. 

 A broad white stripe extends over the eye, that part 

 between the eye and nostril being yellow. Edge of 

 wing yellow. A black line from the bill through the 

 eye, and another from the lower mandible downwards 

 separating the white throat from the gray breast and 

 under parts. Back striped with black, chestnut and 

 dull white. Females and young are duller colored and 

 the white throat is not always perceptible, but the yel- 

 low before the eye is always present. 



