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KEY TO TIIIC RIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



FAMILY FRINGILLID^E. 



Sparrows, Finches, Crossbills, etc. 



First primary, not short, never less than two thirds as long as second 

 or third ; bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, high, near the culmen ; pri- 

 maries, 9; tarsus, flattened behind. 



Group 1. Wing, 1.75 to 2.13 inches long. 



^^Vv rop of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in middle, 



^"^ mid tuwuy stripe over each eye. 



Leconte's Sparrow, 



Ammodramus leconteii. 

 See No. 413. 



Aiiiiiiu'l aiiiuri leconteii. 



m-^ 



Ammodramus <';iiplacutu8. 



(Coturniculus) henslowi. 



