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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
é. Lores entirely light ashy or buffy, continuous with the super- 
ciliary stripe of same color; length 6.00-7.17, wing 2.90- 
3.30 (3.09), tail 2.85-3.10 (2.98), exposed culmen .38-.42 
(.40), tarsus .85-.92 (.88). Zggs .86 X .60, similar to those 
of Z. leucophrys, but cinnamon-colored or rusty style pre- 
dominating, instead of the reverse. Hab. Breeding through- 
out Alaska (except coast east and south of the peninsula), 
and eastward through Mackenzie River basin; in winter, 
south throughout western United States into Mexico, east 
to edge of Great Plains (casually farther)...... 555. Z. leu- 
cophrys intermedia Rivew. Intermediate Sparrow. 
d. Edge of wing pale yellow; white, ashy, or buffy median crown- 
stripe usually narrower than black or brown lateral stripes; 
adult with back smoky brown or olive-brown, striped with 
dark sepia-brown or sooty blackish, and chest brownish gray. 
Lores ashy or otherwise light-colored, as in Z. intermedia ; 
length about 5.75-6.75, wing 2.70-3.20 (2.92), tail 2.60-3.00 
(2.75), exposed culmen .35-.48 (.41), tarsus .82-1.00 (.91). 
Liggs 84 X .64, colored like those of Z. intermedia. Hab. 
Coast ranges of California and north to British Columbia. 
556. Z. leucophrys gambeli (Nurr.). Gambel’s Sparrow. 
c. Middle crown-stripe yellow anteriorly (whole forehead suffused with 
yellow in younger birds). 
Adult: Median crown-stripe yellow for anterior half, or more, 
then ashy. Jmmature birds with yellow duller and more or less 
streaked or flecked with dusky, the lateral stripes poorly de- 
fined, brownish, streaked with darker. (In general coloring, 
except on head, closely resembling Z. gambeli.) Length about 
7.00-8.00, wing 3.00-3.40, tail 3.25-3.50. Eggs .82 x .61, col- 
ored like the more distinctly spotted style of Z. leucophrys. 
Hab. Pacific coast, breeding from northern California (?) north 
to Norton Sound, Alaska; during migrations, east, irregularly, 
to Rocky Mountains, casually to Wisconsin. 
557. Z. coronata (PALL.). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 
6%. Back rusty brown, or chestnut, streaked with blackish; chin and upper 
throat white, abruptly contrasted with ash-gray of lower throat and 
chest ; sides of forehead yellow. 
Adult: Top of head with a narrow grayish white median and two 
broad black lateral stripes; superciliary stripe bright yellow ante- 
riorly (back to above eye), the rest whitish. Jmmature : Superciliary 
and median crown-stripes dull buffy or light brownish, the former 
more or less distinctly yellowish anteriorly; lateral crown-stripes 
dark brownish; ash-gray of ear-coverts and chest obscured by 
brownish. Young: Broad lateral crown-stripes dull vandyke-brown, 
narrow median stripe dull whitish or pale brownish ; superciliary 
