250 KEY TO SPABROWS 



10'. Upper parts not reddish Lrovvn; under parts whit- 

 ish. Bird of the plains. 



p. 241. Clay-colored Sparrow. 



8'. Under parts streaked. ^""^ 



11. Upper parts bright reddish brown ; 



size large; breast heavily streaked. ,; , . ' 



Migrant. |^: 



p. 230. Fox Sparrow 

 11'. Upper parts not reddish brown ; size smaller, 

 12. Outer tail feathers white ; upper 

 parts brownish gray, streaked ; 

 shoulders reddish brown. Seen 

 commonly on roadside fences. 



p. 119. Vesper Sparrow, 



12'. Outer tail feathers not white. 

 13. No yellow on bend of wing ; 

 sides of throat blackish ; 

 breast and sides heavily 

 streaked; an indistinct blotch 

 in middle of breast. One of 

 the commonest, most familiar 

 Sparrows ... p. 116. Song Sparrow. 



13'. Yellow on bend of wing. 

 14. Under parts white and heavily streaked ; ii])- 

 per parts blackish brown, streaked. Bird 

 of northern meadows. 



p. 225. Savanna Sparrow. 



14'. Underparts not white and not heavily streaked. 

 15. Crown blackish (a huffy line through centre") ; 

 nape rufous brown ; back blackish. Bird 

 of dry fields, especially in the south. 



p. 226. Grasshopper Sparrow., 



