SYSTEMATIC SYXOFSIS. — iU i5i'ii:i\< — c><C7-VA\^. 



7.50 iiiolies long, the rounded "n^iug-s and tail each 3.00 or more : the under parts with very few 

 streaks, or noue. ilie mid^ile of the back streaked, the rump phiiu. the wiugs with two white 

 cr».'SS-har^, ihe head uf the adiilts with hlaek. aud usually with white and yeUow iilso. or In^th. 

 Bill movierate. eouieah eulmeu aud gouys just appiveiably eurveil. eouiuiis^ure very litih^ angu- 

 lated. Poiut of the wiug formed usually by the '2d-4th i^uills, aud 1st about ei^ual to 5th ; 

 tV'hliug decidedly beyoud the iuuer seooudaries. aud to ue;ir ihe midiUe of the taih T;iil-feailier¥ 

 of UK'deraie width aud eousisteuey. rouuded oval at the eud : tail as a whole rvnmded. Tarsus 

 ab«'Ut equal to middle toe aud olaw ; lateral toes about equal to eaeh »,'ther. The Cn.'wu 

 Sparrows are peculiar to Xonh America, where they are represeuted by hve beautiful aud per- 

 fectly distiuct speeies. 



Crown Mack and white: no yellow on head: throat ash. 



Lores black. Dorsal streaks purplisli-bay ; no yellow on winj 



Lores gray. Dorsal streaks purp'.ish-bay . no yellow ou wing 



Lores gray. ]Xirs;il streaks s«.iory-black : e^ige of wing yellowish. 



Crown black and white : yellow sjvt before eye : tliroat white : evige of wing yellow 

 Crown Mack, yellow and ash : edge of wing yellow : throat ;ishy 



lett<\*phrjis 276 

 initrmttliti 2TT 



. conytuita -TV 





Crown, fiice. an»i throat black : no yellow ou bead or wiu^ qu<ruUi :;!S0 



Z. albioollis. (Lat. alhkxiUL<, «-lute-thro;Ut\l ; albus. wliiie : ixtUiim. uvok. Fisr- iil.) 

 Whtte-thkoated Crowx Sparrow. rEABODY-BiKP. Adult J : Orowu Wai'k, divided by 



a median white stripe, bouude^i by a white 

 siip'^roiliary liue, and iielloir s/Hif from 

 nostril to eye ; beU>w tliis a black stripe 

 tUrouoh eye ; below this a maxillary 

 black stripe bouiuliiiir the definitely pure 

 white throat, sharply contrasted with the 

 dark ash of the breast aud sides of the 

 neck and head. EtIiK of iciiui ijiUotr. 

 Back continuously streaked with black, 

 chestnut, aud fulvous-whito ; rump ashy, 

 uinuarkcd. Wins:s much edged with 

 bay, the white tips of the median aud 

 greater coverts foruiiug twvi conspicuous 

 bai-s : ipiills aud tail-feathers dusky, with 

 pale edges. Below, white, shaded with 

 asliy-browu ou sides, the ash deeper aud 

 Fig lHI. — White-tliroated. Crown Sparrow. rt>Uioe»i. purer I'n the breast ; bill dark : feet pale. 

 (Slierpar.i, del. Niohols k- ^ _ .,,jj i„„j,.„„re birds, and speciiueus 



as generally seen in the V. S. in fall and winter, with the black of the head replaced by brown, 

 the white of the tliroat less conspicuously contrasted with the duller ash of surrounding parts, 

 ami frec]uently with obscure dusky streaks ou the bn-ast aud sides ; but the species may always 

 be known by the yellow over the eye and ou the edge of the wiug (^these never beiug imper- 

 ceptible), coupled with the large size and the generic charactei-s. Length 6.51V-6.90; extent 

 9.-30-',i 90 : wing '2.7J-ii.OO; tail about the same. A tine sparrow, abundant throughout 

 Eastern X. Am. to latitude 05° X.; \X. to Dakota; breeds ftvm the New England aud 

 other Xorthcm States northward : winters from the Middle States southward. Found in 

 all situations, but especially in shrubbery, generally iu Hocks, except when breeding ; a 

 pleasing if not brilliant songster, with its limpid pen-jfalKMh/. pealKxh/. peahodii iu cadence. 

 Xest ou the ground, rarely iu bushes; eggs 4-0, about 0.90 \ 0.00, with the endless diversity 

 of tone aud jiattern of those of the S(nig sparrow, from which they are only distinguished by 

 their greater size. 



