A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
192. 7. Fringilla leucophrys, Gmel. White-crowned
Finch.--White-crowned Sparrow.
Plate CXIV. Adult Male and Female in second plumage.
Male with the bill yellowish-red, tipped with brown; upper part of the
head with four longitudinal black, and three white bands; fore part of
the back streaked with reddish-brown and yellowish-grey; rump
light yellowish-brown; quills dark brown, primaries edged with
yellowish-grey, secondaries and their coverts with yellowish-red;
edge of wing whitish; two bands of white on the wing, formed by
the tips of the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts;
tail-feathers brown, edged with yellowish-brown; throat greyish-white;
cheeks, sides, and fore part of the neck, and a portion of the
breast, ash-grey; abdomen white, sides, and lower tail-coverts
yellowish-brown. Female similar to the male. Young in first plumage
with the back, wings, and tail as in the adult, but duller, and the
bands inconspicuous; on the head three greyish-white bands, streaked
with dusky, and four dull greyish-brown bands similarly streaked;
cheeks, sides, and fore part of the neck, with a portion of the breast
dull greyish-white, streaked with dusky, the rest of the lower parts
dull yellowish-white. At the second moult the colours approximate to
those of the old bird, but the central band on the head is dull
yellowish-brown, the lateral bands brownish-red; while the lower parts
are of much duller tints.
_Male_, 7-1/2, 10-1/2.
Breeds from Newfoundland and Labrador northward. Abundant. Migratory.
Passes southward in autumn beyond the Texas.
White-crowned Bunting, Emberiza leucophrys, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. iv. p. 49.
Fringilla leucophrys, Bonap. Syn. p. 479.
Fringilla (Zonotrichia) leucophrys, White-crowned Finch,
Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 255.
White-crowned Bunting or Finch, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 479.
White-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla leucophrys, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. ii. p. 88; v. v. p. 515.
193. 8. Fringilla atricapilla, Gmel. Black-and-yellow-crowned Finch.
Plate CCCXCIV. Fig. 3. Male.
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