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



554. White-crowned Sparkow. 



c6. Crown grayish ; mandibles crossed . 521. Am. Crossbill. 



rfi. Crown mixed grayish brown and rufous, ashy, or slate-color, 



without Mack streaks. 



d^. Wing 2-50 ; bill brownish flesh-color ; back rufous, streaked 



with black 563. Field Sparrow. 



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

 chestnut - rufous ; back grayi.sh 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 . 



HI. 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. Kump yellowish or yellowish green ; mandibles crossed. 

 a^. Wing-coverts tipped with white. 



522. White-winged Crossbill ? . 

 aK Wing-coverts not tipped M'ith white . . 521. Am. Crossbill ? . 



b. Mandibles not crossed ; rump brown or brownish or sandy like the 

 back ; wing under 3-25. 



61. 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. 



62. 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. 

 b^. Back distinctly streaked ; a cream-buff" band across the breast. 



583. Lincoln's Finch. 

 b*. 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. 



517. Purple Finch 9 . 

 b^. Back without streaks; no bristly feathers 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, 



595. RoSE-BREASTED GrOSBEAK 9 . 



