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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY FRINGILLID/e. 



Sparrows, Finches, Crossbills, etc. 



First primary, not short, never less than two thirds as long as second 

 or third ; bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, high, near the culm en ; pri- 

 maries, 9 ; tarsus, flattened behind. 



Group 1. Wing, 1.75 to 2.13 inches long. 



Top of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in middle, 



and tawny stripe over each eye. 



Leconte's Sparrow. 



Ammodramus leconteii. 

 See No. 413. 



Am mod am us leconteii. 



Ammodramus caudacutus. 



(Coturniculus) henlowi. 



