288 AVES: PASSERES. — XLVI. 
917. Z. leucophrys (Forster). WHITE-CROWNED Sparrow. 
Streaked above, with but little chestnut ; crown black, with a broad 
white median band; lores blackish; a white superciliary streak; 
throat like breast, but paler; young with the crown chiefly rich 
brown. L.7. W.3}. T. 34. N. Am.; not rare. (Aeuxds, white; 
éppus, eyebrow.) 
aa. Head with yellow. 
918. Z. coronata (Pallas). Similar to Z. leucophrys, but the 
crown-stripe yellow anteriorly, ashy behind. L. 74. W. 3}. T. 3}. 
W.N. Am., rarely E, to Wis. (Lat., crowned.) 
919. Z. albicollis (Gmelin). WuiTE-THROATED SPARROW. 
Peazbopy Brrp. Much chestnut streaking above; crown black, 
with white median and superciliary stripes; spot over eye and 
edge of wing always yellow ashy below, whitening on throat; 9 
duller. L. 7. W. 3. T. 34. E. N. Am.; an abundant and 
handsome sparrow. (Lat., albus, white; collum, neck.) 
485. SPIZELLA Bonaparte. (Dim. of oaifa, a sparrow.) 
920. S. monticola (Gmelin). Trex Sparrow. Streaked above; 
crown chestnut ; bill black above, pale below; neck, line over eye 
and under parts ashy gray; a dark pectoral blotch; white wing 
bars distinct. L. 6}. W.3. T.3. N. Am., chiefly northerly; 
U. S. in winter. (Lat., living on mountains.) 
921. S. socialis (Wilson). Currey. Curppinc Sparrow. 
Streaked above, with much dull bay; crown chestnut; forehead 
and streak through eye black; ashy white below; bill blackish; 
wing bars faint, brownish. L. 54. W. 23. T. 24. N. Am, 
everywhere common. 
922. S. pusilla (Wilson). Fretp Sparrow. General color of 
S. monticola, but paler and duller; bill pale; no pectoral blotch; 
wing bands obscure, whitish. L.54. W. 2k. T. 2}. KE. U.S. 
abundant. (Lat., petty.) 
923. S. pallida (Swainson). CLay-coLorED Sparrow. Pale 
brownish yellow, streaked with black ; crown grayish, with median 
stripe. L. 54. W. 21. T. 21. Great Plains, rarely E. to Ill. 
486. JUNCO Wagler. (Lat., Juncus, a rush.) 
924. J. hyemalis (L.). Snow Brrp. Slaty gray; head darker; 
bill pale; belly and outer tail feathers white; 9 more grayish; 
L. 64. W. 3. T. 3. N. Am., everywhere abundant, breeding 
in cold regions, and moving S. as cold weather approaches, usually 
in advance of the snow. Represented W. by numerous varieties ; 
var. oregonus Townsend, with sides pinkish, ranging E. to Ill. (Lat., 
wintry.) 
