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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY FRINGILLID^. 



Sparrows, Finches, Crossbills, etc. 



First primary, not short, never less than two thirds as long as second 

 or third ; bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, high, near the culmen ; pri= 

 maries, 9; tarsus, flattened behind. 



Group 1. Wing, 1.75 to 2.13 inches long. 



Top of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in middle, 



and tawuy stripe over each eye. 

 W'^^^s^^ ^ Leconte's Sparrow. 



\V\.\^~" J Ammodramns leconteii. 



V 



Ammod am us lecouteii. 



See No. 413. 



Ammodranius caudaculus. 



(Coturniculus) henslowi. 



