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Ziinnlrir/iiil fmrnplinjs. 



/^ffHi((/e siiiiiliir. liiit siimllcr ; iiiiinainic liinls in liivt winter-, \\ itii llic lilack aiici wliilr 

 stripi'-i on the umwn rcpliici'il liy ilMi'k (•licslniil-liiown iiml luiiwnisli-ycllow. I,t'nf;tli, 

 7.10 inches; winij:, .'>.-■'>. Ynuiiij o/' /Ac //«(;• tliiei<ly slreaived willi (lnsl<y (in tlio lireast. 

 Tiie tateiiil slrijies of llie ciown dull lirown, tin- nu'ilian one stiviikeil wliilisji. 



II.vi). United Slates I'loni the Atlanlie to iho Rocky Mountains, wlieie they Ipeeonie 

 associati'd with Z. i/itinhch'. Capo St. Lucas; 

 (Jrc.'enland (ItKiNil.MtDT, This, III, 7). Breed in 

 VValisatch Mountains (IJiuoway). 



Tlio wliitc of tlio crown scjiai'atos two 

 Jiliick stripes on either sidt;, nit her niir- 

 rowtir tlum itself. The black line Itehiiitl 

 llie eye is coiitinuetl anterior to it into tiio 

 lilaek at tlie base of the bill. The lower 

 eyelid is white. There are some ol>sciirc 

 cltjudinj^s of darker on the neck above. 

 The rump is immaculate. No white on 

 tlie tail, except very obscure tips. The 

 white on the winifs crosses the ends of the midille and ,nreater coverts. 



The character distinguishing the western representative {Z. (jumbcli) of 

 leucophri/s is ap})iirently \'ery trilling, Imt is very constant. 



Habits. The White-crowned S])arro\v is found I'rom tlie liocky Moun- 

 tains eastwixrd to the Atlantic, tind in till the intervening territory, from the 

 Southern States to the Arctic region.s. In the high meadows of the 

 Wahsatch Mountains, Mr. IJidgway found this bird very abundant, and one 

 very characteristic, breeding there (juite as numerously as any other s[)eides. 

 In all that region Mr. Itidgway did not meet witii ii single individual of ^. 

 (jnmhdi, its western representative. At the encamjtment at i'iirley"s I'ark 

 these birds soon became on very familiar terms with the ptirty. 'i'hey were 

 very sociable, and paid fretpient visits to the cook's tent, and jiicked up, with- 

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

 morning carol was, he stiites, delightful to the ear, and they were lield in 

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

 Park, June 2(3. It was built in a bunch of Gii-nuunn. Specimens of this 

 species were obtained, iu winter, tit Ctipe St. Lucas, Lower California, by Mr. 

 Xantus. 



Although iin eastern species, ptissing, in its migrations, tlirough the South- 

 ern Atlantic States to Labrador in the si)ring and returning in tiie ftdl, it is 

 a rare species in all New Piiigland. Mr. Doardman .says that it is not com- 

 mon in Eastern Mtiine, anil ^Ir. Verrill that it is rare in the western part of 

 thiit State. In Eastern Ma.ssiichusetts it is very rare. Mr. Maynard men- 

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

 migrant. I have never met with the bird near Poston, and do not believe 

 that it is found there, except singly iind rarely. In the western ])iU't of tiie 

 State, though less rtirc, it is very far from being connnon. It is found there 

 in the spring, from the 20th to the 3Uth of May, and in October from the 1st 



