114 KEY AND DESCIilPriOy 



U. Head blue and red, belly reddish-purple (male), or brownish with 



whitish lower parts and no wing bars (female) 



50. Varied Bunting. 



U. Because of lack of distinct streaks, one of the small sparrows with 



narrow, acute-pointed tail feathers might be sought for here 



25. Seaside Sparrow. 



V. Blue, with chestnut on wings (male), or plain brown (female) ; tail 



even. ^ 48. Blue Grosbeak. 



V. Bird with crimson, black, yellow, and white in its plumage 



' 10. European Goldfinch. 



V. Brownish above and below, with rosy edgings to the quills ; black or 



clear a.sh on head ; tail slightly notched. The Gray-crowned Leucos- 



ticte (524. Leucustirte tephrocotis) of the Rocky Mountain region 



might be found east of those mountains. 



V. Because of their finch-like bills, the bobolink and cowbird (Nos. 1 



and 2 of the next family, page 144) might be looked for here. 



W. Under parts pure white or somewhat irregularly variegated with 



rusty ; nail of iiind toe twice as l<mg as that of tlie middle toe and 



much curved ; ^ wing, 4 or more long 12. Snowflake. 



W. Belly white ; sides chestnut-brown ; under tail feathers tipped 



with white ; back black (male), or grayish-brown (female) 



4'). Towhee. 



W. Upper parts, head, and breast slate-color ; belly and outer tail 



feathei-s white 35. The Juncos. 



W. Upper parts olive-green ; under parts white, with pure white on the 

 middle of the belly ; head somewhat striped ; edge of wings and 



under coverts of wings bright yellow 42. Texas Sparrow. 



X. Conspicuously crested,* with more or less of distinct rod in the plu- 

 mage 44. Cardinal and 45. Texas Pyrrhuloxia. 



X. No crest; small, southwestern birds, with wings less than 2\ long.. . 



51. Sharp's Seed-eater and Grassquit (51). 



X. No crest ; large birds, with wings, ;3| or more long. (Z.) 



X. No distinct crest ; smaller ; wings, 2lS; long. (Y.) 



Y. riumage with much red (male) or streaky olive-1>rown (female) ; 



no wing bars; crown with erectile feathers, .slightly imitating a 



crest. .3. Purple Finch and in the Rocky Mountains House Finch (3). 



Y. Streaky sparrow without yellow ; wings, 3 or less long and with 



white or buffy wing bar-« 11. European House Sparrow. 



Y. Wing with a large, conspicuous white or whitish patch ; general 



color black (male), or brown streaked (female) 



53. Lark Bunting. 



