225 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
FAMILY FRINGILLIDAE. 
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 tawny stripe over each eye. 
Leconte’s Sparrow. 
Aimmodramus leconteti. 
see No. 415. 
Ammodramus caudacutus. (Coturniculus) henslowi. 
