80 BIRDS. 



jj. No dies tnut on wing ; breast unstreaked ; head with 

 black, wliite and chestnut ; tail nearly as long as 

 wings CnoNDESTES, 12. 



fih. Tail feathers rigid, acute, almost scansorial ; small 

 streaked marsh-sparrows with yellow-edged wings. 



Ammodramus, 11. 



hhJi. Tail feathers more or less rounded and soft, none of 

 them white. 



k. Wings decidedly longer than tail. 



^. With crimson or clear (not rusty) red; a ruff at base 

 of bill. 



m. Crown crimson ; Chin dusky. . Acanthis, 5. 



mm. Crown, chin, throat and often whole plumage 

 washed with red. . . ,5 of Carpodacus, 3. 



U. With definite yellow some where. 



n. Bases and edges of quills and tail feathers yellow; 

 bill acute. , . . Ciihysomitris, 6. 



nn. Rump sulphur yellow ; bill with a small ruff. 



Acanthis, 5. 



nnn. Edge of wing and superciliary line or spot at 

 least, yellow or yellowish ; no ruff. 



0. Breast yellow; throat patch or streaks black, 

 bill bluish Spiza, 19. 



00. Breast buffy or streaky; wings less than 2i; 

 tail feathers narrow. . AM^tODiiAMUs, 11. 



000. Breast streaked ; wings more than 2+ ; inner 

 secondaries nearly as long as primaries. > 



Passerculus, 9. 



III. With no definite crimson nor yellow any where. 



p. Introduced birds, not streaked below; throat black 

 in S Passer, 8. 



pp. Kative bird?, much streaked below. 



q. Inner claw reaching at least half way to tip of 

 middle claw ; tail, wings, etc., with much 

 chestnut red; wings more than 3; no ruff. 



Passerella, 18. 



