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Crown, black, with white stripe in middle; under parts, ashy, 

 shading to pale buff on the flanks; no white on tail feathers; no 

 yellow in front of eye, or on bend of wing. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 



White-crowned Sparrow. 

 See No. 256. 



Crown and back, grayish or buffy, streaked 

 with black;- shoulder (lesser wing coverts), 

 rufous brown; breast, streaked; greater part 

 of outer tail feather, including outer web, 

 white. Pooecetes gramineus. 



Vesper Sparrow. Bay-winged Bunting. 

 See No. 248. 



Crown and back, slaty brown, or 

 dull rufous brown ; rump, and upper 

 surface of tail feathers, light rufous 

 brown ; under parts, white, heavily 

 streaked and spotted on breast and 

 sides with rufous brown. 



Passer ella iliac a. 

 Fox Sparrow. 

 See No. 270. 



Crown and back, dark brown, with indistinct streaks; no white 

 on tail; under parts, white, with numerous brown spots or streaks 

 (female) ; middle tail feathers, shorter than outer feathers. 



Carpodacus purpureus. 

 Purple Finch. 

 See No. 236. 



