Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. 
554. White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leu- 
copbrys). L. 6.9. No yellow before eye. Ads. 
White stripe over eye zot reaching to bill; lores black; 
breast gray, throat but little paler; back gray streaked 
with brown, rump browner, Ynug. lack crown- 
stripes replaced by chestnut, the white ones by buff; 
back much browner, no gray. Notes. Call, a sharp 
chip; song, a plaintive, musical whistle usually of five 
or six notes, the first two longest. 
Range.—North America;’breeds from northern New England and 
(in the higher Rockies and Sierra) New Mexico, Arizona, and Cal- 
ifornia north to Labrador and Hudson Bay region; winters from 
southern United States into Mexico. 
554a. Intermediate Sparrow (Z. 7. gambeld). Sim- 
ilar to No. 544, but the lores wholly gray or whitish, 
the white line over the eye reaching the bill. 
Range.—Western North America; breeds from Montana and eastern 
Oregon northeast of Coast Mountains, to lower Mackenzie and north- 
ern Alaska; winters from southern United States into Mexico; casual 
in migrations east to Mississippi River States. 
554b. Nuttall Sparrow (Z. /. nuttalli). Similar to 
No. 5544, but smaller, L. 6.5, margins to feathers of 
back browner, underparts browner, bend of wing 
yellow. 
Range.—‘‘Pacific coast district, breeding from Monterey, Callforn- 
ia, to Mt. Simpson, British Columbia, south in winter to San Pedro 
Martir Mountains, Lower California."’ (Ridgw.) 
557. Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia coron- 
ata). L.7.2. Ad. 3. Center of crown yellow, its 
sides black; below grayish white, sides brownish; 
back brown streaked with black; two white wing-bars; 
bend of wing yellow. Ad. Y. Crown like back; its 
front tinged with yellow; breast washed with brownish. 
Range.—Pacific_coast; breeds in Alaska; winters from Oregon 
south to northern Lower California. 
558. White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicol- 
lis). L. 6.7. A yellow mark before the eye and on 
bend of wing. Ads. Crown black, a narrow white 
stripe through its center and bounded by white behind 
the eye; throat white sharply defined from gray breast; 
back reddish brown streaked with black. Yng. Less 
yellow before eye, crown browner, its stripe gray; 
throat grayer, sometimes like breast. Notes. Call, a 
low tseep, and sharp chink; song, a musical, clearly 
whistled sow-wheat peverly, peverly, peverly; or peabody, 
peabody, peabody. 
Range.- Eastern North America, west to the Plains, casually to the 
Pacific; breeds from Massachusetts (locally), northern New York, 
northern Michigan, and eastern Montana, north to Labrador and West 
Hudson Bay region; winters from Massachusetts (rarely) and Illinois 
south to the Gulf. 
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