416 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



e 2 . 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). Eggs .86 X -60, similar to those 

 of Z. leucophrys, but cinnamon-colored or rusty style pre- 

 dominating, instead of the reverse. Hah. Breeding through- 

 out Alaska (except coast east and south of the peninsula), 

 and eastward through Mackenzie Eiver basin ; in winter, 

 south throughout western United States into Mexico, east 

 to edge of Great Plains (casually farther). 



555. Z. intermedia Eidgw. Intermediate Sparrow. 

 d 2 . 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). 

 • Eggs .84 X -64, colored like those of Z. intermedia. Sab. 



Coast ranges of California and north to British Columbia. 

 556. Z. gambeli (Svtt.). Gambel's Sparrow. 

 c 2 . 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. Immature 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 Bocky Mountains, casually to Wisconsin. 



557. Z. coronata (Pall.). Golden-crowned Sparrow. 

 b 2 . 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. Immature : 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 



