. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . southward to the San Francisco Mountains of .Arizona, northward to north-ern California (Mount Shasta, etc.). In view of this, one may feel freeto suggest that the Camp Harney record, referred to gainbclii. is reallvreferable to the typical form, and that as such it represents a northern exten-sion of leiicoplirys. rather than a southern extension oi gainbcHi. No. 54. NUTTALLS SPARROW. A. O. U. No. 554 1). Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli Kidgw. Synonyms.—Formerly called
. The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state . southward to the San Francisco Mountains of .Arizona, northward to north-ern California (Mount Shasta, etc.). In view of this, one may feel freeto suggest that the Camp Harney record, referred to gainbclii. is reallvreferable to the typical form, and that as such it represents a northern exten-sion of leiicoplirys. rather than a southern extension oi gainbcHi. No. 54. NUTTALLS SPARROW. A. O. U. No. 554 1). Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli Kidgw. Synonyms.—Formerly called Sparrow. Sp.\r-Kow (name properly confined to Z. leucophrys). Crown Sparrow. Description.—.Idults: Like ])rcceding but general tone of coloration muchdarker: streaks of back and scapulars deepest brown or blackish ; general ground-color of upperparts light olivc-gray; median crown-stri])c narrower, dull white; a. Until tltc season of 1908. See onte under Migrations. b. (?) nendirc, Proc. Bost. Soc. .\. II. XIX., 1877, 118 (Camp Harney, e. Oregon, breeding)(Ridgwayi. »36 THE NUTTALL SPARRt^. j\VVa.»v^TPa\i- ••A l.\ A (iKAV (. iiiulcrparts more strongly waslicd witli Ijrownisli gray: axillarics and bend ofwing more strongly yellow; bill yellowish with dark tip. I in mature: Similar tothat of preceding form, but imderparts yellowish: upperparts light olive buff;crown-stripe cinnamomeous, or |)alc chestnut. /Vrv youtitj binls are moreextensively black-streaked alxn-e, and linely streaked below on chin, throat, chest,and sides: bill brighter yellow; feet paler. Kengtli of adidt males, ^.( 150-170); wing ;»5 (75); tail (72): bill .43 (u): tarsus .93 ().Iemales smaller. Reco};nition Marks.— Sparrow size; black-and-white striping of crowndistinctive in range; much darker than preceding. Nesting.—.\ on ground or low in bushes; rarely in trees up to 25 feet;a rather i)retentious structure of bark-s
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