WITH BROWN PREDOMINATING 2<25 



554 b. NUTTALL SPARROW. —Zonotrichia leucophrys 

 nuttalli. 



Family : The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Length: 6.00-7.00. 



Adults: Like the white-crowned sparrow, but white superciliary stripe- 

 extending to bill; lores white, and general coloration brown. 



Geographical Distribution : British Columbia to Southern California, 

 south in winter to Lower California. 



California Breeding Range : Humid coast belt from Oregon south to 

 Point Sur. 



Breeding Season: March 15 to May 1. 



Nest : Bulky ; of weed stems, and lined with grasses ; placed in thick 

 clumps of weeds or low trees or bushes. 



Eggs : 3 to 5 ; pale greenish blue, spotted with pale rusty. Size 0.87 X 

 0.61. 



Like the intermediate sparrow, the Nuttall Sparrow is 

 also a subspecies of the white-crowned, and similar in 

 habits. It is a resident of the coast belt in the vicinity 

 of Santa Cruz, and straggles as far south as Los Angeles 

 in winter. 



557. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. — Zonotrichia 

 coronata. 



Family : The Finches, Sparrows, etc. 



Length: 7.00-8.00. 



Adults: Upper parts olive-brown, streaked on the back with rusty 



black ; two white wing-bars ; middle of crown yellow, between two 



black lines, the yellow merging to gray for the last third ; under 



parts gray, tinged with brown on sides. 

 Young : Similar, with forehead suffused with yellow, and black crown. 



stripes streaked with brown ; under parts soiled white. 

 Geographical Distribution : Pncific Coast, Southern California to Alaska, 



straggling to the Rocky Mountains and Wisconsin, 

 Breeding Range : Alaska. 

 Breeding Season : June. 



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