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[Illustration: Harris's Sparrow.]
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554. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. _Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys._

Range.--North America breeding abundantly in Labrador and about Hudson
Bay, and casually in northern New England and in western United States
in the Rockies and Sierras.

Winters along our Mexican border and southward. A handsome species with
a broad white crown bordered on either side by black, and with a white
superciliary line and black lores; the underparts are uniform grayish
white. These birds appear to be nowhere as common as the White-throated
Sparrows with which they associate during migrations and in the breeding
grounds. They build on the ground, generally near the edges of woods or
in clearings, and lay from four to six eggs similar but larger, and with
as much variation in markings as those of the Song Sparrow; pale
greenish blue, spotted and splashed with reddish brown and grayish. Size
.90 x .65. Data.--Nachook, Labrador, June 10, 1897. Nest of fine grasses
on the ground in a clump of grass.

554a. GAMBEL'S SPARROW. _Zonotrichia leucophrys gambeli._

Range.--Rocky Mountains and westward from Mexico to Alaska, breeding
chiefly north of the United States.

This bird is like the last but the lores are white. Its nesting habits
and eggs cannot be distinguished from those of the former.

554b. NUTTALL'S SPARROW. _Zonotrichia leucophrys nuttalli._

Range.--Pacific coast from British Columbia to Lower California.

Similar to the last but smaller and browner above; nests on the ground
or in bushes, the eggs not being distinguishable from those of the other
White-crowns.

557. GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. _Zonotrichia coronata_.

Range.--Pacific coast from Mexico to Alaska, breeding chiefly north of
our borders.

This species has the crown yellow, bordered by black on the sides. Their
habits are like those of the White-crowned Sparrows, they feeding upon
the ground among the dead leaves, and usually being found in flocks and
often accompanied by many of the last species. They nest upon the ground
or in low bushes, and in May or June lay three or four eggs very similar
to the last. Size .90 x .65.

[Illustration 345: Pale greenish blue.]
[Illustration: White-crowned Sparrow.]
[Illustration: Pale greenish blue.]
[Illustration: 554a--557.]
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[Illustration 346: CHIPPING SPARROW.]

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558. WHITE