FAMILY FRINGILLIDA:. — SPARROWS, FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, ETC 255 
Top and sides of the head, black; ear coverts and 
superciliary stripe, white; back, streaked; un-= 
derparts, buff; hind toe nail, long. 
Smith’s Longspur. 
Calcarius pictus. 
See No. 405. 
Top of head, black; wing coverts, heavily marked 
with chestnut; throat and belly, white; a 
large patch of black on the breast; most of 
the tail feathers, white, tipped with dark brown. 
McCown’s Longspur. 
Rhynchophanes mecownit 
See No. 407. 
Crown, chestnut, with stripe of white in centre (male), or dull olive, streaked 
with blackish (female); back, streaked; underparts, white (pale brownish olive 
on sides of body); a short streak of dark brown or black on each side of white 
throat; tail feathers, tipped with white. 
Lark Sparrow. 
Lark Finch, 
Chondestes grammacus. 
See No. 420. 
