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CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF THE MAYXARD CHAPTER, 



Genus. Marsh Sparrows. Ammodramus. Slender birds, with slender 

 bills and with the tail feathers sharpened at tips. 



1718-22 Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Prevailing color buff. 



1723-24 Sea-side Sparrow. Prevailing color gray. 



Genus. Yellow-shouldered Sparrows. Coturnieulus. Small sparrows 

 with short, rounded wings, sharpened tail feathers, and buff colors. 



1725-26 Grasshopper Sparrow. Yellow in front of eye, no streaks below. 



1727 Henslow's Sparrow. No yellow in front of eye, but streaks below. 



Genus. Grass Sparrows. Passerculus. Rather slender birds streaked abore 

 and below, yellow line over eye, tertiaries as long as the secondaries, no white on 

 tail. 



DIGESTIVE OKGANS OF ENGLISH SPAREOW. c, gullet ; P, proventriculus ; s, spleen; sh, stomach; P, 

 fjeginning of intestines ; D, duodenum: P, pancreas; i, intestine; I P, lining membrane of stomach 

 (longitudinal section, transverse section to right ) ; w w, walls of stomach in both sections; c, crop ', 

 o, coeea. 



1728-32 Savannah Sparrow. Rather dark in color, size small. 



Genus. Bay- winged Sparrow. Poocetes. Stouter birds than in the last 

 genus, the tail is longer, the shoulders bay and the outer tail feathers are marked 

 with white ; tertiaries as long as secondaries, 



1733-36 Vesper Sparrow. General tone of color, gray. 



Genus. Longspurs. Calcarius. Birds over six inches long, slender with 

 long wings, and hind toe nail longer than its toe. 



1737 Lapland Longspur. Throat and breast, black. 



Genus. Snowflakes. Plectrophenax. Wings very long and pointed, colors 

 black and white. 



1738 Snow Bunting. Winter dress, colors obscured by reddish, illustrat- 

 ing protective coloration. 



Genus. Goldfinches. Spinus. Small birds less than seven inches long, 



