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a. Throat and breast black, brown, or slate-color, sharply denned 

 from the white belly. 



a 1 . Breast black or brown ; sides rufous .... 587. TOWHEE. 

 a a . Breast slate-color; sides the same, or brownish. 



567. JUNCO. 567. CAROLINA JUNCO. 



b. Throat and belly more or less yellow or ashy. 

 b 1 . Wing over 4-00 ; bill stout, greenish yellow. 



514. EVENING GROSBEAK. 

 J*. Bill small and sharp: back brown ; throat yellowish. 



529. GOLDFINCH ( 9 and im.). 

 b 3 . Body bright yellow, cap-black . . 529. GOLDFINCH ( $ ad.). 



c. Under parts pure white, middle of back black. 



534. SNOWFLAKE. 

 B. Back streaked with black, brown, or white. 



a. Bend of the wing yellow ; tail under 2-20. 



546. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



b. Breast black or blackish ; lesser wing-coverts reddish brown. 



539. McCowN's LONOSPUR 6 . 



. c. Breast buffy ; belly whitish ; outer tail-feathers white, next three 

 or four more or less white with a black band at the end ; seconda- 

 ries not entirely white 539. McCowN's LONGSPUR 9 . 



d. Under parts entirely light brown or buffy, only two outer tail- 

 feathers white ; no yellow on the bend of the wing. 



537. SMITH'S LONGSPUR. 



e. Under parts pure white, with a blackish spot on the center of the 

 breast, a black stripe on the sides of the throat; sides of the 

 crown and ear-coverts chestnut .... 552. LARK SPARROW. 



f. Wing slightly over 4 - 00; under parts pure white or washed with 

 rusty ; head and rump white or rusty ; most of secondaries white. 



534. SNOWFLAKE. 



2. Tail without large white spots or patches. 

 A. Back plain, without distinct streaks. 



a. Back blue, bluish, or brownish blue. 



a 1 . Wing over 3 - 00 : lesser wing-coverts chestnut or with broad 

 chestnut tips 597. BLUE GROSBEAK. 



a*. Wing under 3-00 ; lesser wing-coverts blue or bluish, tipped 

 with light brown 598. INDIGO BUNTING. 



b. Back green or greenish, or rump yellow or greenish yellow. 

 b 1 . Mandibles not crossed. 



b 9 . Back greenish 601. PAINTED BUNTING 9 . 



. Back and under parts slaty gray ; bill black. 



515. PINE GROSBEAK ( 9 and im.). 



b*. Forehead, rump, under parts, and scapulars yellow or brown- 

 ish yellow; secondaries white; bill yellow. 



514. EVENING GROSBEAK & . 

 c 1 . Mandibles crossed. 



c*. Wing-bars white .... 522. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 



c*. Without white wing-bars 521. Au. CROSSBILL. 



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