250 KEY TO SPARROWS 



10'. Upper parts not reddish brown ; under parts whit- 

 ish. Bird of the plains. 



p. 241. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. 



8'. Under parts streaked. 



11. Upper parts bright reddish brown ; 

 size large ; breast heavily streaked. 

 Migrant. 



p. 230. Fox SPARROW. 



11'. Upper parts not reddish brown ; size smaller. 

 12. Outer tail feathers white ; upper 

 parts brownish gray, streaked ; 

 shoulders reddish brown. Seen 

 commonly on roadside fences. 



p. 119. VESPER SPARROW. 



12'. Outer tail feathers not white. 

 13. No yellow on bend of wing ; 

 sides of throat blackish ; 

 breast and sides heavily 

 streaked; an indistinct blotch 

 in middle of breast. One of 

 the commonest, most familiar 

 Sparrows . . . p. 116. SONG SPARROW. 



13'. Yellow on bend of wing. 



14. Under parts white and heavily streaked ; up- 

 per parts blackish brown, streaked. Bird 

 ... of northern meadows. 



p. 225. SAVANNA SPARROW. 



14', Underparts not white and not heavily streaked. 

 15. Crown blackish (a buffy line through centre); 

 nape rufous brown ; back blackish. Bird 

 of dry fields, especially in the south. 



p. 226. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



