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qq. Olivaceous i uo black uor chest niU ; wiugs more 



tliau 3 ; secondaries uot leugtliened ; a ruff at 



base of bill. . . ? of Carpodacus, 3. 



qqq. Inner secondaries lengthened, about as long as 



primaries ; wiugs less than 3 ; no ruff. 



Passerculus, 9, 

 kk. AVings little if any longer than tail. 



r. Tail feathers very slender, rather stiff and sharp 



pointed Ammodraimus, 11. 



TV. Tail feathers uot rigid and sharp pointed. 

 s. Sharply streaked ]3clow. . . Melospiza, 15. 

 ss. Not streaked below (when adult.) 

 t. Crown chestnut in adult (streaky in young) , no 

 yellow, 

 -i^. Tail rounded; its middle feathers longest; 

 sharply streaked above. 



Melospiza, 15. 

 uu. Tail forked; its middle feathers short. 



Spizella, 14. 



tt. Crown not chestnut in adult, often partially so 

 in young. 

 ^. Head striped ; length more than G ; tarsus 

 more than f . . . Zokotrichia, 13. 



w. Length less than 6; bend of wing yellowish. 



Peuc^:a, 16. 



/. HESPERIPHONA, Bonaparte. EvENmo Grosbeaks. 

 1. H, vespertina, (Coop.) Bon. Evexixg Grosbeak. 

 Olivaceous; crown, wings, tail and tibia black; forehead 

 and crissum yellow; bill very large, yellowish; L. 8; W. 

 4i; T. ^. Western, E. to Ohio, etc. 



2 PINICOLA, Vieillot. Pine Grosbeaks. 

 1. A enuc/eator, (L.) Vieill. Pine Grosbeak. $ 

 chiefly red; white wing bars; ? ashy gray with brownish 

 yellow on head and rump; L. 8|; W 4ri\ T. 4. North- 

 ward, S. in winter; in pine woods, etc. 



