I3B6G KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 
Part 3. The following species have the underparts not marked with red, 
blue, yellow, or green; breast, distinctly streaked ; carpal joint (bend of 
wing), not edged with yellow :— 
Forehead, reddish brown; crown, brown, 
with imperfect gray streak in middle, and 
blackish dots; no yellow in front of eye; 
breast, white, heavily streaked with dark 
brown; outer tail feathers, shortest. 
Song Sparrow. 
Melospiza fasciata. 
See No. 436. 
Crown, brown, streaked with black; breast, 
buff, streaked with black; back, 
streaked ; outer tail feathers, shortest. 
Lincoln’s Sparrow. 
Melospiza lincolnii. 
See No. 437. 
Crown, black, streaked with pale brown; a yellow spot in front of eye (want- 
ing in some plumages); breast, white, streaked with dark brown; back, 
streaked: outer tail feathers, not shorter than middle ones. 
Savanna Sparrow. 
Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna. 
See No. 410. 
Wings and tail, dark brown, more or 
less margined with yellow; the bases 
of the feathers, pale yellow; under= 
parts, heavily streaked with brownish 
black; crown and back, brownish olive, 
heavily streaked with black. 
Pine Finch. 
Spinus spinis. 
See No. 402. 
