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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY FRINQILLID^E. 



Sparrows, Finches, Crossbills, etc. 



First primary, not short, never less than two thirds as long as second 

 or third ; bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, high, near the culmen ; pri- 

 maries, 9 ; tarsus, flattened behind. 



Group 1. Wing, 1.75 to 2.13 inches long. 



Top of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in middle, 



and tawiiy stripe over each eye. 



Leconte's Sparrow. 



Ammodramus leconteii. 

 See No. 413. 



Ammod amus lecoiiteii. 



Ammodramus caudacutue. 



(Coturniculus) henslowi. 



