FAMILY FRINGILLID^E. SPARROWS, FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, ETC. 233 



Group 3. Wing, 2.37 to 2.75 inches long. 



Part 1. The following species have the throat or underparts more or 

 less marked with either blue, red, dull green, or bright yellow: 



Underparts, entirely yellow (male), or throat, yellow; underparts, dull olive 

 gray (female) ; wings and tail, black, marked with white ; yellow on imder- 



parts varies much, according to age and season. 



Yellowbird. 



American Goldfinch. 



Spinus tristis. 



See No. 400. 



Underparts, bright red, or tinged with red; back, green; crown, blue. 



Nonpareil Painted Bunting. 



Passerina ciris (inale). 

 See No. 448. 



Underparts, greenish; back, green. 



Painted Bunting. 



Passerina ciris (female). 

 See No. 448. 



