304 



^^ 



FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



5. Wing 2. 75-0. 10 Acanthis, p. 1318. 



Fig. 371. 



5'. Wing- O.80-4.50. 



(3. Nostril wholh" concealed ; plumage blackish or 

 j^r — --. brown, sometimes marked with rose or white. 



if^tSiK^X Leucosticte. p. ;J15. 



6.' Nostril partly exposed 



4'. Hind claw shorter than its toe. 



Passeriua. p. o25. 



5. Upper tail coverts pointed. 



Rliynchophanes, p. o28. 



Fig. 373. 



)'. Upper tail coverts not pointed ; males largely reddi.sh. 

 (part of) Carpodacus, p. ;]09. 

 1'. AVing not conspicuou.sly long' and pointed, primaries exceeding- 

 secondaries by less than twice the length of tarsus. 

 2. Primaries exceeding- secondaries by more than length of 

 tarsus. 

 ij. Outer tail feathers marked with white or yellow. 



4. Tail marked with yellow 

 4'. Tail marked with Avhite. 



Spinus, p. 323. 



5. Under wing- coverts yellow or rose ; plumage largely 

 black in males, streaked in females. 



Zamelodia, p. 371. 



Fig. 375. 



.5'. Undei 



' wmg; cover 



ts not vellow or rose. 



6. Tail gi'aduated. 



Chondestes, p. 33(1. 



6'. Tail nearly even or emarginate. 



Fig. 376. 



7. Hind claw longer than its toe. and not sharply 



^ed Calc alius 



, p. -izo. 



Fig. 377. 



Fig. 378. 



7'. Hind claw shorter than its toe, and sharply 

 curved. 



S. Plumage streaked, larg-ely brown. 



Pooecetes, p. 329. 



8'. Plumage unstreaked, summer males yellow 

 beneath .... Astragalinus, p. 319. 



