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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Part 3. The following species have the underparts not marked with red, 

 blue, yellow, or green ; breast, distinctly streaked ; carpal joint (bend of 

 wing), not edged with yellow : 



Forehead, reddish brown ; crown, brown, 

 with imperfect gray streak in middle, and 

 blackish dots ; no yellow in front of eye ; 

 breast, white, heavily streaked with dark 

 brown ; outer tail feathers, shortest. 



Song Sparrow. 



Melospiza fasciata. 

 See No. 436. 



Crown, brown, streaked with black ; breast, 

 buff, streaked with black; back, 



streaked ; outer tail feathers, shortest. 



Lincoln's Sparrow. 



Melospiza lincolnii. 

 See No. 437. 



Crown, black, streaked with pale brown ; a yellow spot in front of eye (want- 

 ing in some plumages) ; breast, white, streaked with dark brown ; back, 

 streaked ; outer tail feathers, not shorter than middle ones. 



Savanna Sparrow. 



Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna. 

 See No. 410. 



Wings and tail, dark brown, more or 

 less margined with yellow ; the bases 

 of the feathers, pale yellow; under- 

 parts, heavily streaked with brownish 

 black ; crown and back, brownish olive, 

 heavily streaked with black. 



Pine Finch. 



Spinus spin us. 



See No. 402. 



