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2. Z. coronata. Median stripe of crown yellow for anterior and 
ash for posterior half. Black of crown coming down to eye and : 
ear coverts, leaving no light superciliary stripe. Nest in a bush ? 
Hab. Pacific Province of North America ; accidental east of Sierra 
Nevada. ( Golden-crowned Sparrow.) 
b. Throat pure white, in sharp contrast with the dark ash of cheeks 
and jugulum. 
3. Z. albicollis. Median stripe of crown white. A light super- 
ciliary stripe, yellow anterior to the eye, and white behind it ; a 
black streak along upper edge of ear-coverts. Hab. Eastern Prov- 
ince of North America. ( White-throated Sparrow.) 
Black of the crown not divided, but continuous. Jugulum white. 
4. Z. querula. Lores, forepart of cheeks, with the chin and 
throat, deep black; whole side of head behind the eye, ashy. 
Lower parts pure white. Nesting unknown. Hab. Missouri 
Plains. (. Harris's Finch. Black-faced Finch.) 
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Common Characters. Prevailing color plumbeous and unstreaked ; abdomen, 
crissum, and lateral tail-feathers white. Length about 6 inches. Iris said to be 
reddish in some species. 
A. Bill entirely light flesh-colored, dusky only at extreme point. Color of 
jugulum (deep ash or plumbeous-black) abruptly defined against the pure 
white of the abdomen. 
a. Posterior outline of the dark color of the jugulum convex; sides 
pinkish. 
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1. J. oregonus. Back and wings more or less tinged with dark 
rusty, in sharp contrast with the black ( £) or ash ( 9 ) of the head 
and neck. Nest on ground ; of grass and hair, lined with moss, 
etc. Prevailing color of eggs white, sparsely marked with red- 
dish-brown spots, confluent around larger end. Hab. Pacific 
Province of North America, from Sitka southward; east across 
the Middle Province of United States, to the Rocky Mountains 
(where mixed with J. caniceps). occasionally to the Plains (where 
mixed with J. hyemalis). ( Oregon Snowbird.) 
Posterior outline of the dark color of the jugulum concave ; sides ashy. 
2. J. hyemalis. Back and wings without rusty tinge. 
Wing without any white ; three outer tail-feathers only, 
marked with white. Bill, .40 and .25 ; wing, 3.10 ; tail, 2.80 ; 
tarsus, .80. Nest and eggs like J. oregonus. Hab. Eastern 
Province North America. Straggling west to Arizona (Coues) ; 
in the northern Rocky Mountains, mixed with J. oregonus. 
(Black Snowbird.) var. hy ernalis . 
Wing with two white bands (on tips of middle and greater 
coverts) ; four outer tail-feathers marked with white. Bill, .50 
and .30; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.20. Hab. High mountains of 
Colorado (El Paso Co., Aiken). (Aiken's Snowbird.) var. a ikeni. 
3. J. caniceps. Back (interscapulars) rufous ; scapulars and wings 
uniform ashy. Nest and eggs unknown. Hab. Central Rocky 
Mountains of United States. (Along southern boundary mixed 
with J. cinereus.) 
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