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Breast and flanks, tawny; a tawny stripe over the eye; outer tail 

 feathers, decidedly shorter than middle ones. 



Passer her bulus caudacutus nelsoni. 

 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



See No. 253. 



Breast and flanks, white streaked with brown; a yellow spot in 

 front of eye (absent in some plumages); rump, pale brown, marked 

 with dark brown; outer tail feathers, not shorter than middle ones; 

 under tail coverts, white. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. 



Savanna Sparrow. 

 See No. 249. 



PART 3. The following species have the under parts not marked with 



red, blue, yellow, or green ; breast, distinctly streaked ; carpal 



joint (bend of wing), not edged with yelloxtf : 



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. 



Melospiza melodia. 

 Song Sparrow. 

 See No. 267. 



Crown, brown, streaked with 

 black; breast, buff, streaked with 

 black; back, streaked; outer tail 

 feathers, shortest. 



Melospiza lincolnii. 

 Lincoln's Sparrow. 

 See No. 268. 



Crown, black, streaked with pale brown ; a yellow spot in front of 

 eye (wanting in some plumages); breast, white, streaked with dark 

 brown; back, streaked; outer tail feathers, not shorter than middle 

 ones. Passerculus sandwichensis savanna. 



Savanna Sparrow. 

 See No. 249. 



