THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 219 



ee. Wing under 3.30. 



/. Streaks mere shaft lines, middle of breast 

 tinged with yellow. 



DICKCISSEL (young), p. 246 

 //. Wing bars and base of tail yellowish. 



PINE SISKIN, p. 226 



fff. A bright buff line from bill over eye and 

 around the gray ear-coverts. 



SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, pp. 232-234 

 ////. No bright buff on side of face nor yellow on 

 tail. 



g. Outer tail feathers longer than middle 

 pair. PURPLE FINCH (female), p. 222 

 gg. Outer tail feathers not longer than middle 

 pair. 



h. General ground color above pale 

 brownish-gray. 



IPSWICH SPARROW, p. 228 

 hh. General ground color above chest- 

 nut-brown or dark brown. 

 i. A strong black stripe down each 

 side of the throat from the bill. 

 j. Tail over 2.50. 



SONG SPARROW, p. 239 

 jj. Tail under 2.50. 



SAVANNAH SPARROW, p. 229 

 ii. No well marked stripe on sides of 

 throat. 



SHARP-TAILED AND SEASIDE SPAR- 

 Rows 1 (young), pp. 232-234 

 hhh. Ground color of head olive-green, 

 and back rufous brown. 



HENSLOW'S SPARROW, p. 231 



cccc. Breast gray, obscurely mottled but not distinctly streaked, 

 throat white. 



d. Upper parts slaty-gray and olive. 



SEASIDE SPARROW, p. 234 

 dd. Upper parts brown, streaked with black and buff. 



e. Wing, 2.30-2.50. SWAMP SPARROW, p. 240 



ee. Wing, 2.80-3.15. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, p. 236 

 ccccc. Under parts plain, neither streaked nor mottled. 

 d. Breast washed with buff. 



e. Tail, 2.50 or over. FIELD SPARROW, p. 238 



ee. Tail, 2 or less. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, p. 230 



dd. Breast gray or white. 

 e. Wing, 2.80 or over. 

 /. Tail over 2.75. 



g. Center of crown white. 



h. Yellow spot before the eye. . 



WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, p. 236 

 hh. No yellow spot before the eye. 



WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, p. 235 



1 Look here also for young of Chipping, Field and Grasshopper Sparrows. 



