PERCHING BIRDS 



554. White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotri- 

 chia leiicophrjjs leucophry.s. 



Range. — North America breeding abundantly 

 in Labrador and about Hudson Bay. and casual- 

 ly in northern New England and in western 

 United States in the Rockies and Sierras. 



Winters along our Mexican 

 border and southward. A 

 handsome species with a 

 broad white crown bordered 

 on either side by black, and 

 with a white superciliary line 

 and black lores; the under- 

 parts are uniform grayish 

 white. These birds appear to 

 be nowhere as common as the White-throated 

 Sparrows with which they associate during mi- 

 grations and in the breeding grounds. They 

 build on the ground, generally near the edges 

 of woods or in clearings, and lay from four to 

 six eggs similar but larger, and with as much 



variatJion in markings as those of the Song Sparrow; pale greenish blue, spotted 

 and splashed with reddish brown and grayish. Size .90 x .65. Data. — Nachook, 

 Labrador, June 10, 1897. Nest of fine grasses on the ground; in a clump of grass. 



i-'aie greenish 

 blur 



^V1"J ( tp^croivned Sparro"\v 



5,51a. Gambel's Sparrow. Zoiiotricliin leucophrys gambeli. 



Range. — Rocky Mountains and westward from Mexico t.o Alaska, breeding 

 chiefly north of the United States. 



This bird is like the last but the lores are white. Its nesting habits and eggs 

 cannot be distinguished "from those of the former. 



551b. Nuttall's Sparrow. Zonotrichia Icucophrys 

 nuttalli. 



Range. — Pacific coast from British Columbia to Lower 

 California. 



Similar to the last but smaller and browner above; nests 

 on the ground or in bushes, the eggs not being distinguish- 

 able from those of the other White-crowns. 



55-, 



Golden-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia coronata 



Range. — Pacific coast from Mexico to Alaska, breeding 

 chiefly north of our borders. 



This species has the crown yellow, bordered by black on 

 the sides. Their habits are like those of 

 the White-crowned Sparrows, they feed- -.'-"'' 'i'^.-v 



ing upon the ground among the dead ' "' 



leaves, and usually being found in flocks 

 and often accompanied by many of the 

 last species. They nest upon the ground 

 or in low bushes, and in May or June lay 

 three or four eggs very similar to the 

 last. Size .90 x .65. 



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Pale greenish 

 blue 



