FINCHKS, Sl'ARROWS, KTC. 



305 



Fig. 379. 



3'. Outer tail feathers not marked with white or yellow. 

 4. Upper parts streaked. 



"). Under parts more or less yellow . . Spiza, p. 377. 



5 . Under parts mainly gray ; 

 males with chin and throat 

 black . Passer, p. 324. 

 4'. Upper parts not streaked. 



Fig. 380. 



.">. Nostrils concealed, plumage rose, or gray mixed with 

 orange brown Pinicola. p. 308. 



Fig. 381. 



5 .Nostrils exposed, males blue . . G-mraca. p. :><o. 



l' . Primaries exceeding secondaries by less than length of 



tarsus. 

 3. Head crested. 



4. Upper mandible 



greatly curved. 

 Pyrrhuloxia, p. 370. Fig. 382. 



4' 



Upper mandible only slightly curved. 



Cardinalis. p. 369. 



Fig. 383. 



" 

 Fig. 385. 



3 . Head not crested. 



4. Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw. 

 t ~>. Hind claw longer than its toe. 



6. Tail with white 

 outer tips (ex- 

 cept fuse >ix 

 group). 

 Pipilo. p. 3u3. Fig 3S4 



('/.Tail with white edges, plumage largely gray or 

 black Junco. p. 34."). 



V. Hind claw shorter than its toe. 



6. Tail black Amphispiza, p. 350. 



('/. Tail not black. 



7. Tail olive green . . . Arremonops, p. 363. 

 7 . Tail brown. 



S. Tail deeply emarginate . Spizella, p. 341. 

 8'. Tail rounded or graduated. 



