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with more or less rufous brown) 



Bill, large; depth of bill at base, 

 about equal to length of culmen ; crown 

 and back, brownish olive, streaked with 

 blackish; throat, streaked dark olive 

 brown, not black; middle tail feathers, 

 shorter than outer feathers. 



Carpodacus purpureus (female ) . 

 Purple Finch. 

 See No. 236. 



Outer tail feathers, decidedly shorter 

 than middle ones ; crown, dull rufous 

 brown, streaked with black and show- 

 ing a grayish stripe in the center; 

 under parts, white; the breast, heavily 

 streaked with black; carpal joint, not 

 edged with yellow; outer tail feathers, 

 not half white (the breast and sides, 

 often faintly tinged with tawny and 

 black striping on breast, often mixed 

 back, streaked. Melospiza melodia. 

 Song Sparrow. 

 See No. 267. 



Vesper Sparrow. 



Shoulder (lesser wing coverts), rufous brown; at least half of 

 outer tail feathers, white; back, streaked. Pooecetes gramineus. 



Vesper Sparrow. 



See No. 248. 



