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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 bufify, streaked 

 with black; shoulder (lesser wing coverts), 

 rufous brown; breast, streaked; greater part 

 of outer tail feather, including outer web, 

 white. Pocccetes graniincus. 



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 iliaca. 

 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. 



