80 BIRDS. 



jj. No chestnut on wing ; breast unstreakcd ; head with 

 black, white and chestnut ; tail nearly as long as 



wings CHONDESTES, 12. 



M. Tail feathers rigid, acute, almost scansorial ; small 

 streaked marsh-sparrows with yellow-edged wings. 



AMMODROMUS, 11. 



Mh. Tail feathers more or less rounded and soft, none of 

 them white. 



k. Wings decidedly longer than tail. 



I. With crimson or clear (not rusty) red ; a ruff at base 



of bill. 



m. Crown crimson ; throat dusky. . JEGIOTHUS, 5. 



mm. Crown, chin, throat and often whole plumage 



washed with red. . . $ of CARPODACUS, 3. 



II. With definite yellow some where. 



n. Bases and edges of quills and tail feathers yellow; 

 bill acute. . . . CIIRYSOMITRIS, 6. 

 nn. Rump sulphur yellow; bill with a small ruff. 



^GIOTHUS, 5. 



nnn. Edge of wing and superciliary line or spot at 

 least, yellow or yellowish ; no ruff. 



o. Breast yellow; throat patch or streaks black, 

 bill bluish EUSPIZA, 19. 



oo. Breast buffy or streaky; wings less than 24; 

 tail feathers narrow. . AMMODROMUS, 11. 



ooo. Breast streaked ; wings more than 2i ; inner 

 secondaries nearly as long as primaries. 



PASSERCULUS, 9. 



III. With no definite crimson nor yellow any where. 



p. Introduced birds, not streaked below ; throat black 



in $ PASSER, 8. 



pp. Native birds, much streaked below. 



q. Inner claw reaching at least half way to tip of 

 middle claw ; tail, wings, etc., with much 

 chestnut red; wings more than 3; no ruff. 



PASSERELLA, 18. 



