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Analysis (partial) of Genera. 



Bill m^tagnathous, both mandibles falcate, their points crossed, cf red, $ dark and yellowish . Loxia (56 



Bill juormous. nearly = tarsus, greenish-yellow. Wings black and white ; tail and tibia black. (Western.; 



1^11 * 1-.. I. ,,• I. TT J . , Jflesperophona 61 



Bill parrot-hke, whUtsh. Head conspicuously crested, ^f $ gray and carmine, face not black Leneth 



7^50 or more. (S.W. U.S.) Pyrrkulc^ia M 



Bill refhhsh. Head conspicuously crested, cf vermUion, face black. $ gray and reddish Length 7 50 



or more. (E. and S. U. S.) (7 rf' '/■ qr 



Bill with a ruff, or pair of nasal tufts, of antrorse plumules, at base of upper mandible ' ' ' 



Length 8.00 or more, d" red and gray, ? gray and yellowish, uncrested. Bill turgid, hooked. (Boreal.) 



— under 8.00. — Bluish-gray, below reddish-gray, crown, wings, and tail black. (Alaska.) 



,^.. Pyrrhula 63 



— White, with black on back, wings, and tail ; or washed with clear brown. ( Boreal.) 



PlectropJianes 72 



— Chocolate-brmon, unstreaked, with rosy edgings ; black or clear ash on head 



(Western.) Leucosticte 67 



— Streaky ; no yellow ; ^f extensively red; $ dark and white. Bill turgid. (E. and 



W. U. S.) • • • • • ^ . Carpodactis 65 



— i>trea/cy, with dusky or flaxen-brown and white ; crown crimson. Bill acute 



'^"7'^'' • , ^giothus 68 



— iitreaky everywhere, 7io red or pure black, some yelloivish. Bill acute. (N. Am.) 



Chrysomitris 70 



— Streaky or not ; much yellow, wings and tail black, no red. Bill moderate. (U.S.) 



Astragalinxbs 71 

 B-11 -..^ .. .a. . ., ^ [Intermediate between Nos. 68 and 70] . . Linota 69 



Bill «n<Ao«« ruff; nostrils exposed. -i^<"«<t<. 



Hind claw lengthened, s<raJ^A<«ierf.- Bill morfemf..- ^ with a colored cen-ica^ co//ar ; oblique white 



on tail. (N. and W. N. A.) ^ . , 



' Centrophanes 73 



— Bill turgid; no cervical collar : transverse white on tail. (West- 



„. J J , , . , ®''°-) Rhynchophanes 74 



Hind and fore claws lengthened; all much curved ; inner reaching at least i way to end of middle 



one- 



■ Spotted and streaked foxy or slaty sparrows, about 7.00 long. (N. Am.) 



T,, , ..J. , , Passerella 86 



-Black, white and chestnut, m/nasses. (A Western species of) . PipUo 96 



Hind and fore claws not pecidiar. 



Length 4.50 or less. - d" Black and white, ? olivaceous and yellowish. (Texas.) . . Spermophila 92 

 r _.v,.„ cf Greenish blackening on head, $ greenish. (Florida.). . . Phonipara 93 



Length 7.50 or more. - Tail longer than wings. Plain brown, etc. , or black, white, and chestnut. 



'^•^•^ Pipilo 96 



- Tail shorter than wings. ^ breast rose or orange ; $ sulphur or saftron 



, , ""'l^'- ^ii^g^ <U. S.) Zamelodia 89 



Length oyer 4.50, under 7.50. 



Colors ffreenisA - with yeUow - on edge of wing, and - 2 rufous crown-stripes. (Texas. ) 



Evibernagra 97 

 — Crown chestnut, breast ashy. (West- 

 ern species of) Pipilo 96 



— on all under parts- -no head markings. ( $ of a southern spe- 

 cies of) Passerina 91 



CJolors not greenish, and not extensively and decidedly spotted or streaked. 



Black, with great white wing-patch ; longest secondary about = longest primary 



(Western.) Calamospiza 87 



Blue, with chestnut on wings, cf ; plain brown, $ ; over 6.00 long. (U. S.) Guiraca 90 

 Bhie, with red, purple, gold, white, or not, <f ; brown, with white or not, ? ; under 



6.00 long. (U.S.) Passerina 91 



Slate or ashy, red-backed or not, belly and 1-3 tail-feathers white. (N. Am.) Junco 82 

 Gray, throat and tail black, head with 2 white stripes, belly white. (Western.) 



Colors not greenish, but somewhere or everywhere spotted or streaked. '"^ 'sptza 



Inner secondaries lengthened, about equalling primaries in the closed wing. 



A Urge xohite wing-patch. Upper parts much streaked. ($of) . . Calamospiza 87 

 Bend of wing chestnut ; outer tail-feather white ; no yellow anywhere. (N. Am. ) 



Pocecetes 76 

 A'o white or chestnut area on wing, its eage (usually) yellowish. (N. Am. ) 



Passerculus 75 



