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c*. Center of crown white; the sides black; wing-bars white. 



554. White-crowned Sparkow. 



c^. Crown grayish ; mandibles crossed . 521. Am. Crossbill. 



rf». Crown mixed grayish brown and rufous, ashy, or slute-color, 



without black streaks. 



<P. Wing 2-50 ; bill brownish flesh-color ; back rufous, streaked 



with black 563. Field Sparrow. 



d^. Wing 3'00 ; center of crown grayish brown, bordered by 

 chestnut -rufous; back grayish brown, spotted with olive- 

 brown 554. White-crowned Sparrow. 



d^. Crown slate-color ; a chestnut patch behind the eye ; throat 



black P. 282. English Sparrow $ . 



d^. Crown entirely dull brown ; lesser wing-coverts broadly 



tipped with buffy P. 282. English Sparrow 9 . 



III. Under parts -without red and -with numerous streaks. 

 1. Tail-feathers without white or yellow spots or patches, the outer ones 

 little if any shorter than the middle pair. 



A. Head of about the same color as the back ; no yellow over the eye, or 

 on the bend of the wing, or under wing-coverts. 

 a. Rump yellowish or yellowish green ; mandibles crossed. 

 a^. Wing-coverts tipped with white. 



522. White-winged Crossbill 9 . 

 a". Wing-coverts not tipped with white . . 521. Am. Crossbill 9 . 

 h. Mandibles not crossed; rump brown or brownish or sandy lilie the 

 back ; wing under 3-25. 



b^. Back pale brownish ashy, streaked with brownish ; a whitish 

 streak over the eye ; legs flesh-color ; first primary as long or longer 



than the second 541. Ipswich Sparrow. 



^2. Back and most of under parts streaked with black and reddish 

 brown ; upper and under tail-coverts streaked ; first primary shorter 

 than second ; outer tail-feathers shorter than middle ones. 



581. Song Sparrow. 

 6*. Back distinctly streaked ; a cream-buff" band across the breast. 



583. Lincoln's Finch. 

 54. Back grayish brown, the feathers with or without distinct 

 streaks; first primaries nearly as long or longer than second; 

 outer tail-feathers longer than middle pair ; legs and feet black- 

 ish ; with bristly feathers over the nostrils. 



51T. Purple Finch 9 . 

 b^. Back without streaks; no bristly feathQrs over the nostrils. 



598. Indigo Bunting 9 . 

 c. Mandibles not crossed; upper tail-feathers and tail bright reddish 

 brown, without black streaks ; rump brighter ; wing about 3-50. 



585. Fox Sparrow. 

 B. Head of about the same color as the back; a yellow mark before the 

 eye, or on the bend of the wing, or under wing-coverts. 

 a. Wing about 4-00 ; under wing-coverts deep yellow. 



505. Rose-creasted Grosbeak ? . 



