BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 339 



Club, V, 1880, 229 (mountains of Colorado, breeding). — Drew, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 138 (San ,Tuan Co., Colorado, breeding). — Mekeiam, 

 Bull. Nut. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 236 (Point de Monts, prov. Quebec, breed- 

 ing); North Am. Fauna, no. 16, 1899, 125 (Mount Shasta, n. California, 

 breeding near timber line). — Bick.vbll, Auk, i, 1884, 330 (song). — Law- 

 rence (N. T.), Auk, ii, 1885, 272 (Far Rockaway, Long I., 1 spec. May 30).— 

 Turner, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 241 (Fort Chimo, Ungava, breed- 

 ing).— Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 218 (n. e. California, 

 breeding). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 554. — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1886, 369. — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., xii, 1888, 60.3, part (includes Z. I. gambdi). — Cooke, Bird 

 Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 195 (localities and dates).— Mearns, Auk, \\\, 1890, 

 259 (San Francisco Mt., Arizona, breeding). — Palmer (W.), Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., xiii, 1890, 264 (Black Bay, Labrador, breeding).— Hatch, Birds Min- 

 nesota, 1892, 320 (breeding in n. e. Minnesota).— Cory, Auk, ix, 1892, 273 

 (Cuba); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 111, 147 (Cuba).— Fisher, N. Am. Fauna, 

 no. 7, 1893, 88 (Sierra Nevada and White Mts., California, breeding). — 

 Nehrlixg, Our Native Birds, etc., ii, 1896, 108, pi. 24, fig. 4. — Braislin, 

 Auk, XV, 1898, 58 (Parkville, Long I., Apr. 10). 



Zonotrachia leucophrys Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1881, 516. 



[Zonotrinhia] ?e«cop/ir!/s Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 478. — Gray, Hand-list, 

 ii, 1870, 93, no. 7375.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 145.— Sclater and 

 Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 31. 



[Zonotrichia leucophrys] var. leucophrys Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 566. 



Zonotrlchia intermedia (not Z. leucophrys var. intermedia Ridgway, 1873) Ridgway, 

 Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 471, part (Summit Meadows, California, breeding; 

 see Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1883, 540, footnote). 



Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia, Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., vi, Oct., 1874, 173 

 (Summit Meadows, breeding) . 



(?) Spizella maxima Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xxxvii, 1853, 922, footnote 

 (Mexico). 



ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII (Nuttall). 

 SAMBEL'S SPARROW. 



Similar in coloration to Z. I. leucophrys^ but lores entirely whitish, 

 thus making the light-colored superciliary stripe continuous to the bill; 

 bill more yellowish, the mandible, in life, saffron yellow, purer yellow 

 basally; measurements averaging slightly less. 



Adult male.— \i&ng\h (skins), 148.34-164.85 (165.46);' wing, T6.45- 

 83.31 (78.99); tail, 65.58-74.17 (70.87); exposed culmen, 9.91-11.18 

 CIO. 67); depth of bill at base, 7.11-7.37 (7.27); tarsus, 21.34-23.62 

 (22.86): middle toe, 15.49-17.02 (16.26).^ 



^^wfe/emafe.— Length (skins), 145.80-168.58 (153.92);^ wing, 73.66- 

 82.56 (75.95); tail, 67.06-74.42 (69.85); exposed culmen, 9.91-10.92 

 (10.67); depth of bill at base, 6.86-7.11 (7.11); tarsus, 21.84-22.35 

 (22.10); middle toe, 14.99-16.00 (15.49).^ 



'Length of fresh specimens before skinning, 167.64-179.07. 



^ Seven specimens. 



'Length of fresh specimens before skinning, 165.10-177.80. 



