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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Head and throat, dull chocolate brown ; rest of plumage, greenish black ; no 

 white on wings or tail. (See Section 9, Family Icteridce, where it belongs.) 



Cow Bird. 



Molothrus ater (male}, 

 See No. 371. 



General plumage, brownish gray ; no white on wing coverts or tail feathers. 



(This species belongs in Family Icteridae, but the bill is somewhat Finch-like 

 in appearance, and the bird might be looked for under this section.) 



Cow Bird. 



Molothrus ater (female*). 

 See No. 371. 



Head, with crest ; breast, grayish buff or light tawny ; back, olive gray, without 

 streaks ; rump and upper surface of tail, not rufous brown. 



Cardinal. 



Cardinales cardinalis (female*) . 

 See No. 442. 



Crown, brown, with white stripe in middle ; a black stripe on each side of 

 throat ; uudcrparts, soiled white ; tail feathers, broadly tipped with white ; rump 

 and upper surface of tail, not rufous brown. 



Lark Sparrow. 

 Lark Finch. 

 Chondestes grammicus. 

 See No. 420. 



Rump and upper surface of tail feathers, rufous brown ; underparts, white, 

 more or less spotted or streaked with brown. 



Fox Sparrow. 



Passer ella iliaca. 

 See No. 439. 



Entire head and back, brown or black; belly, white; sides of body, bright, 

 rufous brown. 



Towhee Bunting. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 

 See No. 440. 



Underparts, white, often 

 tinged with light brown on 

 the breast; greater part of 

 outer tail feathers, white. 



Snow Bunting. 

 Snow Flake. 



Plectrophenax nivalis, 

 See No. 403. 



Snow Bunting. 



