Jan., iQog. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 205 



Crown, brown, like back ; throat and under parts, pale brown ; 



whitish on belly; breast, usually with indistinct streaks; back, 

 brown, without streaks. Passerina cyanea {female). 



Indigo Bird. Indigo Bunting. 



See No. 276. 



Crown, black, with white stripe in center; stripe over eye, white; 

 usually more or less yellow in front of eye; throat, white; breast, 

 grayish; carpal joint (bend of wing), pale yellow; back, streaked. 



Zonotrichia albicollis. 

 White-throated Sparrow. 

 See No. 258. 





Crown, black, with white stripe in center; no yellow in front of 

 eye ; no distinct white patch on throat ; carpal joint (bend of wing ) , 

 not yellow; back, streaked. Zonotrichia leucophrys. 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



See No. 256. 



Crown, brown, with grayish brown center; no yellow in front 

 of eye; nape, gray; bill, reddish brown; back, streaked; wing coverts, 

 tipped with white. Zonotrichia leucophrys {immature). 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



See No. 256. 



Crown, light chestnut brown (streaked with black in young birds ) ; 

 rump, slaty gray; bill, black; back, streaked. Young birds in fall 

 have the bill brownish. Spizella passerina. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



See No. 260. 



