Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



554. White-crowned Sparrow {Zonotrichia leu- 

 £opbrys). L. &.9. No yellow before eye. /ids. 

 Wliitestripeover eye wo/ reaching to bill; lores black; 

 breast gray, throat but little paler; b.ick eray striked 

 ■wUti brown, rump browner, Yug. BLick crown- 

 stripes replaced by chestnut, the wliite ones by buff; 

 back much browner, no gray. Notis. C.ill, a sharp 

 j:bip\ suna;, a plaintive, muskal ivhibtle usually of five 

 ■or six nutes, the first two longest. 



Rang*. — Nofth America; breeds frnm noHhefn N*w England auA 

 (In the higher Ruckles and Sierra) Neiv Mexico. Arizona, anJ Cai- 

 itornla north to Labrador and Hudson Bay region; winters from 

 southern United States Into Me^ilco. 



554a. Intermediate Sparrow (Z. I. gambeli). Sim- 

 ilar to No. 514, but the lores u'hniiy gray or whitish, 

 the white line over the eye reaching the bill. 



Range. — Western North America; breeds from Montana and eastern 

 Orejjon northeast of Coast Mountains, to lower Macl<enzle and norih- 

 «rn Alaska; winters trom southern United Stales into Mexico; casual 

 In migiations east to Mississippi River States. 



554b. Nuttall Sparrow (Z. L nuttalli). Similar to 

 No. 554a, but smaller, L. 6.5, margins to feathers of 

 back browner, underparts browner, bend of wing 

 yellow. 



Range. — "Pacific coast dieWict, breeding' from Monterey, Californ- 

 ia, to Mt. Simpson, British Columbia, south In winter to San Pedro 

 JWaitir Mountains, Lower California." (Ridgw.) 



557. Golden-crowned Sparrow {Zonotrichia corcm- 

 ala). I.. 7.2. Ad. (^. Center of crown yellow, Its 

 sides black; below grayish white, sides brownish; 

 back brown streaked with black; two white wiug-bars; 

 bendof wing yellow, ^d, $, Crown like back; its 

 front tinged with yellow; breast washed with brownish. 



Range. — Pacific coast; breeds In Alaska; winters from Oregon 

 south to nortlierd Luwtr Califoniiii. 



558. White-throated Sparrow {Zonotrichia albicol- 

 lis). L. 6.7. A yellow mark before the eye and on 

 bend of wing. Jds. Crown black, a narrow white 

 stripe through its center and bounded by white behind 

 the eye; throat white sharply defined from graj' breast; 

 back rtddish brown streaked with black. Yng. Less 

 yellow before eye, crown browner, its stripe gray; 

 throat grayer, sometimes like breast. Notes. Call, a 

 \ow tseep, and sharp ckink\ song, a musical, clearly 

 \v\\\?X\'ii^ svx-whsal peverly , psverly, peverly; or pe-abody, 

 psabody,p(abx>dy. 



Range. Eastern North America, west to the Plains, casually to tho 

 Pacific; breeds from Massachusetts (locally), northern New York, 

 northern Michigan, and sastern Montana, north to Labrador and West 

 Hudson Bay region; winters from Massachusetts (rarely) and Illlr.ols 

 south to the Gulf. 



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