YELLOW-WINGED SPARROW. 261 



black, brown, and pale ash ; shoulders of the wings above and 

 below, and lesser coverts olive yellow; greater wing coverts 

 black, edged with pale ash; primaries light drab; tail the same, 

 the feathers rather pointed at the ends, the outer ones white; 

 breast plain yellowish white, or pale ochre, which distinguishes 

 it from the Savannah Sparrow (Plate XXII, fig. 3.); belly and 

 vent white; three or four slight touches of dusky at the sides 

 of the breast; legs flesh colour; bill dusky above, pale bluish 

 white below. The male and female are nearly alike in colour. 



