Family FRINGILLID/B. Sparrows, Finches, 

 Crossbills, etc. 



Primaries, consisting of 9 feathers; first primary, not short, never 

 less than two-thirds as long as second or third ; bill, stout and conical ; 

 nostrils, high, near the culmen ; tarsus, flattened behind. 



* GROUP 1. Wing, 1.75 to 2. [5 inches long. 



Top of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in 

 middle, and tawny stripe over each eye; tail 

 usually longer than wings. 



Coturniculus leconteii. 

 Leconte's Sparrow. 

 See No. 252. 



Coturniculus lecontei 



Passerherbulus caudacutus nelsoni. 



Top of head, brownish and slate color; a tawny stripe over each 

 eye; no tawny stripe on middle of crown. 



Passerherbulus caudacutus nelsoni. 

 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 See No. 253. 



Top of headland nape, pale olive green, 

 mixed with black ; no tawny stripe over 

 eye. Coturniculus henslowii. 



Henslow's Sparrow. 



See No. 251. 



* For directions for measurement, see page 21. 

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