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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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273. Spizella breweri Cass, b 3Ci. c isoa. r 212. , 



Brewer^s Chipping Sparrow. 



274. Spizella atrigularis (Cab.) Bd. b 362. c I8I. R 215. 



Black-cliinned Chipping Sparrow. 



275. Zonotrichia albicoUis (Gm.) Bp. B 349. c 182. r 209. 



Wliitc-throated Crown Sparrow. 



276. Zonotrichia leucophrys (Foist.) Sw. b 345. c 183. r 200. 



Wlilte-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. k 207. 



Gambel's Crown Sparrow. 



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



Golden Crown Sparrow. 



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



Harris's Crown Sparrow. 



281. Chondestes grammicus (Say) Bp. b 344. c I86. r 204, 204a. 



Lark Finch. 



J the 



to be 

 land. 



273. S. brew'-fir-i. To Thomas Mayo Brewer, of Boston, long the leading oiilogist of the 



United States. 



Tliis is given in the first cd. of the Check List as a var. of pallida. 



274. S. a-trl-gul-a'-rls. Lat.ater, atra.atrum, hlnak; and j«/a//s, pertaining to the throat; jfw/a, 



tlie tliroat, gullet. 



275. Zo-no-trich'-!-a fprononnced Dzonotreekeya] al-bl-col'-lls. Gr. ('^''V, <* girdle, band, 



zone, and rpixds or rptxtds, some kind of bird ; in allusion to tlio conspicuously banded 

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

 Tptxlai (9p'|, genitive rpixos), hairy; i.e., having the head striped. — Lat. alLicolli.i, 

 white-throated; alhu.i, wiiite, and colliim, the collar, neck. 



276. Z. Ieu-c5'-phrys. Gr. \tvK6s, white, and oippis, eyebrow. 



277. Z. 1. in-ter-m6d'-I-5. Lat. inlermediiis, intermediate, between two things ; inter, between. 



among, and meditm, middle ; related to Gr. jueVor, of same meaning. 



Not in the orig. cd. ; since discriminated botli from leucophrys and from gnmheli. 



278. Z. gam'-b61-T. To William Gambel, of Philadelphia, one of the pioneers in Californian 



ornitiiology. 



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



279. Z. cSr-o-na'-tS. Lat. romnatus, crowni.,i, participle of rnroiio,! crown; rnrnna, a crown. 



Coronis or Koptivts was the name of a Thessaiian princess ; also, a scroll witli whidi 

 writers marked tlie end of a piece of writing — " tinis eoronat opus." Cm-one or Koptivrj 

 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 Covviis corone L. 



quCr'-fi-ia. Lat. quendus or qiierulosus, plaintive, querulous ; from qucror, to complain, 

 lament. 



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Chon-d8s'-t5s gram'-ml-cOs. Gr. x"^"'?"*. cartilage ; also, a kind of grain; -eslen is from 

 the root ?8ai, I eat. Is not the word more properly to be written rhondrestes ? We suppose 

 it to be masculine. — Lat. grammicus, from yramma, & line, word, mark, in allusion to the 



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