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One specimen of the lark finch was obtained by me at Fort Dalles, 0. T. Not seen by me 
west of the Cascade mountains. Townsend gives it as an inhabitant of Oregon. The bird 
above mentioned is now in the Smithsonian collection, numbered 4393. The measurements of 
this (a female) were somewhat above the average. Length, 6.75 ; extent, 10.87 ; wing, 3.50. 
Bill pale bluish, tip dusky. Irides brown.—S. 
ZONOTRICHIA GAMBELII, Gambel. 
Western White-crownecl Sparrow. 
Fringillagambelii, Nctt. Man. (I, 2d. ed.) 1840, 556.— Gambel, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. 1,1843, 262. (California.) 
Zonotrichiagambelii, Gambel, J. A. N. Sc. 2d series, I, Dec. 1847, 50.— Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 460. 
Zonotrichia leucophrys, Newberry, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route ; Rep. P. R. R. VII, iv, 1857, 87. 
Sp. Ch. —Head above and a narrow line through and behind the eye to the occiput black ; a longitudinal patch in the middle 
of the crown, and a short line from above the anterior corner of the eye, the two confluent on the occiput, white. Sides of the 
head, fore part of breast, and lower neck all round, pale ash, lightest beneath and shading insensibly into the whitish ofthe belly 
and chin ; sides of belly and under tail coverts tinged with yellowish brown. Interscapular region streaked broadly with 
dark chestnut brownish. Edges of the tertiaries brownish chestnut. Two white bands on the wing. The lores are gray 
throughout, this color continuous with a white superciliary stripe along the side of the head. 
Female similar, but smaller ; immature male with the black of the head replaced by dark chestnut brown, the white tinged 
with brownish yellow. Length, 6.50 to 7.25 ; extent, 9.38 to 10.75. Iris brown ; bill yellow, tipped with brown ; feet pale 
yellowish brown. 
The western white-crowned sparrow is very abundant in all the prairie districts, especially 
where there are low bushes, and, unlike most of the sparrows, frequents the Coast prairies, where 
I have found its nest and eggs. They arrived at the Straits of De Fuca about the end of March 
in large numbers. In October they retire southward, and I found them with the preceding and 
other species very common in fall in California.—C. 
This bird is very abundant both at Fort Dalles and at Puget Sound, and is a constant summer 
resident at both places. It is a very fat species at all seasons, so much so that skinning is 
difficult to perform neatly. 
It makes its nest in low bushes and among the stalks of lupins and other shrub-like weeds, 
generally preferring dry situations on prairies in places where a short flight will enable it to 
take shelter in thickets. A specimen (No. 158) obtained by me at Fort Dalles, I find described 
in my note book as having “ the bill reddish yellow, its tip dusky ; legs dingy reddish yellow 
the feet of the same color, only more dusky.”—S. 
ZONOTRICHIA CORONATA, Baird. 
Golden-crowned Sparrow. 
Emberiza coronata, Pallas, Zoog. Rosso-Asiat. II, 1811, 44 ; plate. 
Emberiza atricapilla, Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 47; pi. 394 ; (notofGmelin.) 
Frivgilla atricapilla, Aud. Synopsis, 1839, 122 .—Ib. Birds Amer. Ill, 1841, 162 ; pi. 193. 
Fringilla aurocapilla, Nuttall, Man. I, (2d ed.) 1840, 555. 
Zonotrichia aurocapilla, Bon. Consp. 1850, 478.— Newberry, Zool. Cal. & Or. Route; Rep. P. R. R. VI, iv, 1857, 88. 
Emberiza atricapilla, Gm. I, 1788, 875, in part only. — Lath. Ind. 415. 
Black-crowned, Bunting, Pennant, Arc. Zool. II, 364.— Lath. II, i, 202, 49 ; tab. Iv. 
Zonotrichia coronata, Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 461. 
Sr. Ch. —Head, from bill to upper part of nape, pure black, the middle longitudinal third occupied by yellow on the anterior 
half, and pale ash on the posterior. Sides and under parts of head and neck, with upper part of breast, ash color, passing insensibly 
nto whitish on the middle ofthe body ; sides and under tail coverts tinged with brownish. A yellowish spot above the eye, 
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