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277. 



Z. leuco'pUrys. (Gr. XfuKo'r, texcos, white ; 6<f)pis, uphnis, cyehrow. Fig. 212.) WiiiTio- 

 BROWEi) Crown Sparrow. (J ? , adult : Crown puro white, enchising (in either side a broad 

 bhick stripe that meets its fellow on the forehead and descends the lores to the le\'(d of the eyes, 

 and bounded by anotlier narrow black stripe that starts behind the eye and curves around the 

 side of the hind-head, nearly nu'eting its fellow on the nape ; edge of under eycdid white. (Jr, 

 we may say, crown black, enclosing a. median M'hito stripe and two lateral white stripes, all 

 eoufiuent on the hind head. No yellow anywhere. General color a hue dark ash, paler below, 

 whitening insensibly on chin and belly, more brownish on the rump, changing to dull brownish 

 on the thinks and erissum, the middle of the back streaked with dark purplish-bay and ashy- 

 white. No bright bay, like that of albicollis, anywhere, except some edging on the wing- 

 coverts and inner secondaries ; middle and greater coverts tipped with white, forming two bars. 

 Bill and feet reddish. Length 6.25-7.00; extent 9.20-10.20 ; wing and tail 2.90-3.20 ; usually 

 0.75 — 9.50 — 3.10. Young: Black of the head re|daced by very rich warm brown, the white of 

 the head by pale brownish ; the general ash has a brownish sutl'iisiou, and the back is more like 

 th-M.of albicollis, being streaked with dusky 

 and ochrey-brown ; but the two species 

 cannot be confounded. Very young : Be- 

 fore the first moult, there are indications of 

 the head markings as last described ; but 

 the whole upper parts, sides of the neck 

 and fore under parts are streaked M'ith 

 blackish and ochrey-brown or whitish. 

 North Amer., especially eastern and rather 

 northerly ; W. to the Eocky Mts., where 

 mixed with Z. I. intermedia; Greenland; 

 Ca[ie St. Lucas. Not nearly so abundant 

 in the U. S. as albicollis, but common in 

 many sections in winter and during the 

 ndgrations. Breeds occasionally in North- 

 ern New England, and plentifully in Lab- 

 rador, where it is one of the commonest 

 sparrows. Nesting the same as that of 

 albicollis, and eggs undistinguishable. 

 Z. 1. interme'dia. 



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- Wliite-browed Cruwu Sparrow, 

 Nichols sc. ) 



reduced. 



Flo. 242. - 

 (SLeppai-d del. 



(Lat. intermedia, intermediate, in the middle.) Intermei>i.\te Crown 



Sparrow. Exactly like the last, but lores gray or ashy, continuous with the white stripe over 



the eye, i. e., the black of the forehead does not descend to the eye. Perhaps averaging a trifle 



smaller, and duUer colored. Some specimens resemble leucophrys on one side of the head, and 



intermedia on the other. Rocky Mts. to the Pacific, mostly replacing true leHcophrijs. {Z. 



gamheli Bd., 1858, Cones, 1872, nee Nutt.) 



Z. gam'beU. (To Wm. Gambel, of Phila.) Gambbl's Crown Sparrow. Jlarkings of the 



head much the same as in Z. I. intermedia; body colors entirely difl'erent, and almost exactly as 



in eoronata. No. 379. Streaking of the back sooty-black. Edge and lining of the wing yellow, 



as in eoronata and albicollis. Bill in dried specimens blackish and yellow, not reddish. Size of 



eoronata. Pacific coast, U. S., southerly. {Z. ciambeli Nutt., 1810, nee Baird, Cones.) 



Z. corona'ta. (Lat. eoronata, crowned; corona, a cro-\ni.) Golden Crown Sparrow. 



(J 9 1 adult : Forehead and sides of the crown black, enclosing a dull yellow coronal patch 



anteriorly, an ashy one posteriorly ; a yellow spot over eye ; lores black. Edge of the wing 



yellow. Above, much like albicolli.s, but with less bay and no whitish ; two white M'ing-bars. 



Below, including sides of head and neck, ashy, passing insensibly into whitish on the belly, and 



much shaded with brownish on the flanks and erissum ; thus much like Icticojihn/s, but the 



