248 KEY TO SPARROWS 



5'. Size large ; winter visitors. Come in flocks 

 with gray females and young. 



p. 231. PINE GROSBEAK. 

 3'. Body not mainly red. 



6. Upper parts black (head, throat, and back black) . 

 Size large ; bright crimson patches on breast and 

 under wings. Females sparrow-like. 



p. 166. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



6'. Upper parts brown (finely streaked). 



Size small ; cap bright crimson, chin blackish ; rump 

 and under parts dull crimson. Seen in flocks in 

 winter p. 236. REDPOLL. 



II. DULL-COLORED STREAKED BIRDS. 



A. Uniformly streaked above and below ; yel- 



low on base of wing and tail feathers ; 

 size small. An erratic winter visitor. 

 Usually in flocks about evergreens. 



p. 233. PINE FINCH. 



B. Not uniformly streaked above and below ; no yellow 

 on base of wing and tail feathers. Brownish birds. 

 Length 5 to 10 inches SPARROWS. 



Key to Sparrows. 



1. Crown conspicuously striped. 

 2. Chin with square white patch. Song a loud, 

 clear whistle, /, 1, pea-body, pea-body. 



p. 174. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



2'. Chin without white patch. 



Crown with conspicuous black and white 

 stripes. 



p. 176. W r HITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



