. The birds of Wyoming . ambeis ; but common. There have been so manychanges in the arrangement of the varieties of this species and of this genus, that more or lessconfusion will doubtless re-sult, and some of the data giv-en here must be consideredtentative. Drexel reportedthis va:riety from Fort Bridg-er, and I have learned thatthis has been passed upon byMr. Ridgway as a typicalform. Bond has also had identify four skinsas gambellii. Holdens skinstaken at Sherman belong tothis variety- Probably someof the material collected orpublished by Coues belongshere. Dr.
. The birds of Wyoming . ambeis ; but common. There have been so manychanges in the arrangement of the varieties of this species and of this genus, that more or lessconfusion will doubtless re-sult, and some of the data giv-en here must be consideredtentative. Drexel reportedthis va:riety from Fort Bridg-er, and I have learned thatthis has been passed upon byMr. Ridgway as a typicalform. Bond has also had identify four skinsas gambellii. Holdens skinstaken at Sherman belong tothis variety- Probably someof the material collected orpublished by Coues belongshere. Dr. Jesurun has report-ed sparrows under the nameIntermediate Sparrow, whichhas been replaced by Gambeis Sparrow and they are includedhere for that reason. Merriam has also included a Yellowstonepark record under intermedia which is probably gambelii. Wil-liston also noted an abundance of what was then known asGambeis Sparrow, near Lake Como and in the Medicine Bowmountains. These data have also been included under ■ZOUOTKICHIA LCUCOPMIfYS MMBELI. (fiuc-hJCAMBBLS SPAfl/fCW. 130 Wyoming Experiment Station. 558. Zonotrichia albicoUis (Gmel.).White-throated Sparrow. Summer resident; but there are very little data in hand,and nothing can be said of its distribution or abundance. TheCheck List, 1895, notes, Breeds in Montana and NorthernWyoming, etc. Ridgway notes (Bull. 50, Birds of Northand Middle America, p. 345) that it has been taken on theNorth Platte river; but does not refer to collector. Dr. Jesur-un has the only specimen that I have seen from took this on Oct. 8, 1894, at Douglas. 559 a. Spizella monticola ochracea Tree resident; common. These birds are most num-erous in fall and spring, but they have been taken at all timesin the year. They are most abundant on the Laramie plainsduring November and April. The records are reports them from Laramie peak for the months ofJanuary and March; Coues notes a doze
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