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Zonotriohia coronata, Baird. 



OOLOEH-CROWNED BPAHBOW. 



Embcrha coroiiiild, Pai.i.as, Ziiilg, Kosso- AHiiit. II, 1811, 14, plain. Zumt rich inc., nAiiii>, 

 IlinlH N. Am. IS.IS, 4iil. — IIkkum X, S, 48 (nr,st). - Cdcii'KU k SrcKi.KV, aol. — 

 D.vi.i. & llANXiNTKii, Tr. t'h. Ac. I, ISiiii, 284 (Aliwkii). - ('c(i>n;ii, Oin. Cal. I, 1U7. 

 KiiilieriM iilricii/iil/ii, Alli. Orii. ItioK. V, 18;!i», 47, pi. I'c^c.xciv (nut of (Imi.I.IN). Fiiii- 

 ijilla atriciipilld, Aiii. Syinipsis, isau, 122. — li.. Hirds .Viii. Ill, 1841, lii2, (il. cxriii. 

 FriiKjillii iiurmii/iillii, Nri'lAI.!., Man. 1, (2il. I'll.,) 1S4(I, .l.'ir). Xniiiilriiliiii inirnfapilln, 

 Hon. t'oiiap. 185(t, 478. Nr.wiiKiiKV, Zoiil. ('ill. Jt Or. Ituiitf, Hi'i). I'. IJ. K. VI, iv. 

 1857, 88. Emherizii atriai/iilld, C<.\t. I, 1788, 87') (in pnrt only). — Latii. Ind. 415. 

 Mdck-aiiwnal BiiiiHiiij, I'i:nxaxt, Arc. Zuol. II, a64. — Lath. II, l, 202, 49, tab. Iv. 



Sp. Ciiau. Hood, froiii Mil to iippci part ol' nape, piiro Mack, liic iniildli' lon^.'itudiiial 

 third ouciipied liy yellow on llio niitiMior liall, ami palu ash on the po.sli'iior. Sidtw and 

 under parts of head and nouk, with nppcr part of hrca.*!, n«h-color, piis.finf,' inscn.sibly into 

 whiti.sh on the middle; of tho body; sidus nml under tail-roverls tinj^i'd with browni.sh. 

 A yellowish spot above the uyc, bounded anteriorly by ii short blaek line from the eye to 

 the black of the li)relu;ad. Thi.s yellow spot, however, rediieed to n lew leathers in 

 spring dres.s. Inter.seapular rej^'ion, with the feathers, streaked with dark brown, suffused 

 with dark rufous e.xternally. Two narrow white bands on the wings. Bill dusky above, 

 paler beneath ; legs tlesh-color. 



Autunmul specimens have more or less of the wliole top of head greenish-yellow ; the 

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

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

 3.30. 



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

 Mountains, Nev. Black Hills of Rocky Mountains ? 



Habits. This species, describctl and floured by Mr. Audubon as the Frin- 

 gilla atricapilla, is i'ouiid in western North America, from Alaska to South- 

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

 Pacific Province, being known east ol" the Cascade Alountitins and Sierra 

 Nevada only as stragglers. In its general habits it is said to greatly rescnil)le 

 the Z. (jumbdi. In the vicinity of Fort Dalles, and also in the neighboriiood 

 of Fort Steilacoom, Dr. Suckley found it quite abundant in the summer. 



Dr. Coojier says that it is only a straggler in the forest regions west of the 

 Cascade Mountains, but that it probably migrates more abundantly to the 

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

 Sound, May 10, when they were apparently migrating. 1 )r. Cooper found a 

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

 gamhelL They were much less familiar, did not come about the 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. NuttaU met with the young birds of this species on the central table- 



