FIU>fOrLLID.T5, FINCflES, ETC. GEN-. 74. 145 



Gononil color a fiae (Lirk ash, paler below, whiteiihig- iasonsihly on chin 

 and holly, more brownish on the rump, changing to dull l)ro\viiish on the 

 flanks and crissum, the middle of the back streaked 

 with dark purplish-bay and ashj^-white. No bright 

 bay, like that of dUjimlUs, anywliere, except some 

 edirinir on the wing coverts and inner secondaries; 

 middle and greater coverts tipped with white, form- 

 ing two bars; no j'ellow anywhere; Ijill and feet 

 reddish. Young birds have the black of the head 

 replaced by very rich warm brown, the white of the 

 head l)y pale brownish, and the general ash h:is a 



I • 1 IV • 1 j-T 1 1 • „ Ti j-1 4- Fig. 80. Wliite-crowned Sparrow. 



brownish sullusion, and the back is more bke that 



of ulfjicolUs; but the two species can hardly l)o confounded. North America, 

 especially eastern and rather northerly, not nearly .so aljundant in the United 

 States as albicolUs, but common in many sections in winter and during the 

 migrations. WiLS., iv, 49, pi. 31, f. 4; Nutt., i, 479; Aud., iii, 157, pi. 

 192; Ijd.,458; Coop., 196. leucophuys. 



*, (L Var. G.VMBELii. Exactly like the last, but the lores gi'ay or asliy, continuous 



* with the white stripe over the eye, i. e., the black of tlie forehead does not descend 



to the eye. Perhaps averaging a trifle smaller, and didler colored. Mi'. Allen tells 

 me he has seen specimens that resembled leuGoplmjs on one side of the liead, and 

 gambelii on the other ! Rocky Mountains to the Pacific, there mostl}' replacing true 

 leucophnjs. Nutt., 2d ed. i, 556 ; Bd., 4C0 ; Coop., 195. 

 ' I ^^ Golden-croivned Sparrotu. Adults of both sexes with the forehead and 

 sides of the crown black, enclosing a dull yellow coronal patch ; edge of the 

 wing yellow. Above, much like albicollls, but with less bay; below, much 

 like leucophrys, but the ashy not so pure ; larger than either. Young have 

 the Ijlack of the crown replaced by brown, but t'.iere are always traces of the 

 yellow on crown and wings. Pacific coast (to the Rocky jNIountains?), 

 abundant. Fruvjilla alricaplUa Aud., iii, 162, pi. 193; F. aurocapllla 



Nutt., 2d ed. i, 555. Bd., 461 ; Coop., 197 couonata. 



/ f Harris's Sparrow. Adult (J with whole crown, face and throat jet-black ; 

 sides of the head pale ash, the auriculars darker ash, bounded l)y a black 

 line starting behind the eye and curving around them. Under parts nearly 

 pure white, but slightly ashy before and faintly brownish-washed behind, 

 the sides with a few dusky streaks, the breast with a few l)lack ones con- 

 tinued from the black throat-patch ; back nearly as in coronata; bill and toes 

 dark, tarsi pale ; no yellow anjMvhcre ; very large, tail about 3J ; 9 similar, 

 but with much less black on head and throat. This aud coronata represent 

 the maximum dimensions above given, while the other two species are at 

 or near the minimum. Missouri region ; a bird of imposing appearance — 

 for a sparrow. F. querula Nutt., i, 2d ed. 555; F. harrisil AuD.,vii, 

 331, pi. 484; Bd.,462 querula. 



Obs. Morton's flneh, F. morionii Aud., iii, 151, is a vSoutli American species 

 of this genus {Z. matutina), erroneously attributed to California. 



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