FRINGILLIDZ: FINCHES, BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, ETC. 541 
Analysis (partial) of Genera. 
Bill metagnathous, both mandibles falcate, their points crossed. gi red, 9 dark and yellowish . Lozxia 
Bill enormous, nearly = tarsus, greenish-yellow. Wings black and white; tail and tibiz black. ( Western.) 
Hesperophona 
Bill parrot-like, whitish. Head conspicuously crested. ¢ Q gray and carmine, face not black. Length 
RAO OE MOLE: (5. Ws Weck forse we a ae Oy) Steen Tata ane . . . . Pyrrhuloxia 
Bill reddish. Head conspicuously crested. dt vermilion, face black. 9 sos Sel reddish. Length 7.50 
ormore. (E.and§S.U.S.)... . . . Cardinalis 
Bill with a ruff, or pair of nasal tufts, of ce eines at oe of mpece aaaeipies 
Length 8.00 or more. ¢ red and gray, 9 gray and yellowish, uncrested. Bill twrgid, hooked. (Boreal.) 
Pinicola 
—under 8.00. — Bluish-gray, below reddish-gray, crown, wings, and tail black. (Alaska.) 
Pyrrhula 
— White, with black on back, wings, and tail ; or washed with clear brown. (Boreal.) 
Plectrophanes 
— Chocolate-brown, unstreaked, with rosy edgings ; black or clear ash on head. 
(Western.) Leucosticte 
— Streaky ; no yellow; ¢ Sakic acts red; 9 dark and white. Bill turgid. (E. and 
IWarGlse)) seas ay sate . . + . Carpodacus 
— Streaky, with dusky or oe Drowt and ive crown crimson. Bill acute. 
(Boreals) iis ye . . . . aggiothus 
— Streaky ever ywhere, no Pradia or Baie binck, some 2 einai Bill acute. (N. Am.) 
Chrysomitris 
— Streaky or not ; much yellow, wings and tail black,no red. Bill moderate. (U.S.) 
Astragalinus 
[Intermediate between Nos. 68 and 70]. . Linota 
Bill without ruff; nostrils exposed. 
Hind claw lengthened, straightened. — Bill moderate; ¢ with a colored cervical collar ; oblique white 
on tails (Nsand WieN. At) ip 2 = me . . « « Centrophanes 
— Bill turgid; no uetiett ie transverse white on tail. (West- 
erm.) ie) yey 2 . . . . . Rhynchophanes 
Hind and fore claws /engthened; all much curved ; inner eatin a least 4 way to end of middle 
one — 
— Spotted and streaked foxy or slaty sparrows, about 7.00 long. (N. Am.) 
Passerella 
— Black, white and chestnut, in masses. (A Western speciesof) . . . . Pipilo 
Hind and fore claws not peculiar. 
Length 4.50 or less. — # Black and white, Q olivaceous and yellowish. (Texas.). . Spermophila 
¢ Greenish blackening on head, ? greenish. (Florida.). . . Phonipara 
Length 7.50 or more. — Tail longer than wings. Plain brown, etc., or black, white, and chestnut. 
(WSs Mee eriteh sy coi permis teenies eae eee BELO ULO 
— Tail shorter than wings. 3g breast. rose or orange ; ee sulphur or saffron 
a i OR CORRE Gi 586 8 ec fe 6 ote, eAeiaiiine 
Length over 4.50, under 7 
Colors greenish — a yellow —on edge of wing, and —2 rufous crown-stripes. (Texas. ) 
Embernagra 
— Crown chestnut, breast ashy. (West- 
ern species of) . . . . . Pipilo 
—on all under parts—no head markings. (Q of asouthern spe- 
ciesof) . . . . . . Passermma 
Colors not greenish, and not extensively and decidedly, Se pnteod or pimeaked. 
Black, with great white wing-patch ; longest gece’ about = longest primary. 
(Western.) . . : ‘ . . « Calamospiza 
Blue, with eennue e on age ne iain’ bere 9 ; over 6. 00 long. (U.S.) Guiraca 
Blue, with red, purple, gold, white, or not, ¢ ; brown, with white or not, 2 ; under 
6.00 long. (U.S.).. . . . Passerina 
Slate or ashy, red-backed or nae belly and 1-3 tail-feathers w Mia (N. Am.) Junco 
Gray, throat and tail black, head with 2 white stripes, belly white. (Western.) 
Amphispiza 
Colors not greenish, but somewhere or everywhere spotted or streaked. 
Inner secondaries lengthened, about equalling primaries in the closed wing. 
A large white wing-patch. Upper parts much streaked. (Q of) . . Calamospiza 
Bend of wing chestnut ; outer tail-feather white ; no yellow anywhere. (N. Am.) 
. Powcetes 
No white or chestnut area on wing, its edge (usually) yellowish. (N. Am.) 
Passerculus 
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