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6 4 . Back and underparts slaty gray; bill black. 



515. PINE GROSBEAK (9 andim.). 



6 6 . Forehead, rump, underparts, and scapulars yellow or 

 brownish yellow; secondaries white; bill yellow. 



514. EVENING GROSBEAK d". 

 c 2 . Mandibles crossed. 



c 3 . Wing-bars white . . 522. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. 

 c 4 . Without white wing-bars . . . 521. AM. CROSSBILL. 

 c 1 . Back brown or brownish, ashy, or slate-color. 



c 2 . Head and rump yellowish or reddish; wing-bars white; wing 



over 4'00 515. PINE GROSBEAK (9 andim.). 



c 3 . Underparts brownish cream-buff; wing-coverts with broad 

 chestnut tips; wing over 3 '00 . . 597. BLUE GROSBEAK 9. 

 c 4 . Underparts whitish; wing without yellow and under 3'00. 



598. INDIGO BUNTING 9. 



c 5 . Back ashy; spot before the eye and on bend of wing yellow. 



550. SEASIDE SPARROW. 

 B. Back distinctly streaked. 



a. Bend of the wing yellow. 

 a 1 . Tail over 2'20. 



a 2 . A white throat-patch; breast gray; a yellowish line over 



the eye 558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



a 3 . A black spot on the throat; breast yellow, or both. 



604. DICKCISSEL. 



a 4 . No yellow over the eye; breast ashy or buffy; outer tail- 

 feathers much the shortest. 



575. PINE-WOODS SPARROW. 575a. BACHMAN'S SPARROW. 

 ft 1 . Tail under 2'20, the feathers narrow and sharply pointed. 



6 2 . Crown olive-brown, a blue-gray line through its center; 



cheeks and breast ochraceous-buff. 



549a. NELSON'S SPARROW. 



6 3 . Crown blackish, a cream-buff line through its center. 



546. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 



b. Bend of the wing not yellow. 



fe 1 . Crown bright reddish brown, the feathers sometimes tipped 



with ashy or brownish, but without black streaks. 

 fc 2 . No white or whitish wing-bars; outer tail-feathers much 

 shorter than middle one; lesser wing-coverts, upper tail- 

 coverts, and margins of most of the tail-feathers rufous; 



wing under 2'50 584. SWAMP SPARROW. 



b 3 . Cheeks and throat ashy, a narrow reddish brown line from 

 back of the eye to the nape, an indistinct black spot in the 

 center of the breast 559. TREE SPARROW. 



6 4 . Eye-ring whitish, entire bill brownish flesh-color. 



563. FIELD SPARROW. 



6 B . Rump slaty gray; underparts generally all grayish white; 

 forehead black, with a narrow grayish line in its middle, a 

 narrow black line from back of the eye to the nape. 



560. CHIPPING SPARROW. 

 c 1 . Crown not bright reddish brown. 



c 2 . Crown streaked or spotted with black or blajk and white. 

 c 8 . Crown with chestnut streaks, and sometimes a slight 

 ashy line through its center; no white or whitish wing- 

 bars; outer tail-feathers much shorter than middle ones. 



584. SWAMP SPARROW (Im.). 



c 4 . Crown with reddish brown; rump ashy; wing-bars buffy; 

 middle tail-feathers shortest. 560. CHIPPING SPARROW (Im.). 

 c 5 . Center of crown white; the sides black; wing-bars white. 



554. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. 



c 6 . Crown grayish; mandibles crossed . 521. AM. CROSSBILL. 

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