FAMILY FR1NGILLIIX<E. SPARROWS, FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, ETC 



Top and sides of the head, black; ear coverts and 

 superciliary stripe, white; back, streaked; un= 

 derparts, buff ; hind toe nail, long. 



Smith's Longspur. 

 Calcarius pictns. 

 See No. 405. 



Top of head, black ; wing coverts, heavily marked 

 with chestnut; throat and belly, white; a 



large patch of black on the breast; most of 

 the tail feathers, white, tipped with dark brown. 



McCown's Longspur. 



Hhynchophanes mrcownii. 

 See No. 407. 



Crown, chestnut, with stripe of white in centre (male), or dull olive, streaked 

 with blackish (female) ; back, streaked ; underparts, white (pale brownish olive 

 on sides of body) ; a short streak of dark brown or black on each side of white 



throat ; tail feathers, tipped with white. 



Lark Sparrow. 



Lark Finch. 



Chondestes yrammacus. 

 See No. 420. 



