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276. Z. leuco'phrys. (Gr. XfvKos, leucos, wXnia ', d^pvs, ophrus, cychrow. Fig. 212.) White- 
browed Crown Sparrow. ^ 9 > adult : Crown pure white, enclosing on either side a broad 
black stripe that meets its fellow on the forehead and descends the lores to the level of the eyes, 
and bounded by another narrow black stripe that starts behind the eye and curves around the 
side of the hind-head, nearly meeting its fellow on the nape ; edge of under eyelid white. Or, 
we may say, crown black, enclosing a median white stripe and two lateral white stripes, all 
confluent on the hind head. No yellow anywhere. General color a fine dark ash, paler below, 
whitening insensibly on chin and belly, more brownish on the rump, changing to dull brownish 
on the flanks and crissum, the middle of the back streaked with dark purplish-bay and ashy- 
white. No bright bay, like that of albicolUs, anywhere, except some edging on the wing- 
coverts and inner secondaries ; middle and greater coverts tipped with white, forming two bars. 
Bill and feet reddish. Length 6.25-7.00; extent 9.20-10.20 ; wing and tail 2.90-3.20 ; usually 
6.75 — 9.50 — 3.10. Young: Black of the head replaced by very rich warm brown, the white of 
the head by pale brownish ; the general ash has a brownish suffusion, and the back is more like 
that of albicollis, being streaked with dusky 
and ochrey-brown ; but the two species 
cannot be confounded. Very young : Be- 
fore the first moult, there are indications of 
the head markings as last described ; but 
the whole upper parts, sides of the neck 
and fore under parts are streaked with 
blackish and ochrey-brown or whitish. 
North Amer., especially eastern and rather 
northerly ; W. to the Rocky Mts., where 
mixed with Z. I. intermedia; Greenland ; 
Cape St. Lucas. Not nearly so abundant 
in the U. S. as albicollis, but common in 
many sections in winter and during the 
migrations. Breeds occasionally in North- 
ern New England, and plentifully yi Lab- 
rador, where it is one of the commonest 
sparrows. Nesting the same as that of 
albicollis, and eggs undistinguishable. 
277. Z. 1. interme^dia. (Lat. intermedia, intermediate, in the middle.) Intermediate Crown 
Sparrow. Exactly like the last, but lores gray or ashy, continuous with the white stripe over 
the eye, i. e., the black of the forehead does not descend to the eye. Perhaps averaging a trifle 
smaller, and duller colored. Some specimens resemble leucophrys on one side of the head, and 
intermedia on the other. Rocky Mts. to the Pacific, mostly replacing true leucophrys. {Z. 
gambeli Bd., 1858, Coues, 1872, nec Nutt.) 
278. Z. gam'beli. (To Wm. Gambel, of Phila.) Gambel's Crow^n Sparrow. Markings of the 
head mucli the same as in Z. I. intermedia; body colors entirely different, and almost exactly as 
in coronata, No. 279. Streaking of the back sooty-black. Edge and lining of the wing yellow, 
as in coronata and albicollis. Bill in dried specimens blackish and yellow, not reddish. Size of 
coronata. Pacific coast, U. S., southerly. {Z. gambeli Nutt., 1840, nec Baird, Coues.) 
279. Z. corona'ta. (Lat. coronata, crowned ; corona, a crown.) Golden Crown Sparrow. 
$ 9 , adult : Forehead and sides of the crown black, enclosing a dull yellow coronal patch 
anteriorly, an ashy one posteriorly ; a yellow spot over eye ) lores black. Edge of the wing 
yellow. Above, much like albicollis, but with less bay and no whitish ; two white w^ing-bars. 
Below, including sides of head and neck, ashy, passing insensibly into whitish on the belly, and 
much shaded with brownish on the flanks and crissum ; thus much like leucophrys, but the 
Fig. 242. — Wliite-browed Crown Sparrow, reduced. 
(Slieppard del. Nichols sc. ) 
