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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Part 5. The following species have the underparts not marked with red, 

 blue, yellow, or green ; the breast, not distinctly streaked, and no yellow on 

 the carpus (bend of the wing): — 



Crown and back, the same color, brown without streaks. 



Crown and back, bright olive green, without streaks. 



Indigo Bunting. 



Passerina cyanea {female). 

 See No. 446. 



Painted Bunting. 



Passerina ciris {female). 

 See Xo. 448. 



Back, streaked with black: rump, olive browu, streaked with bhiek: wiug coverts 

 aud secondaries, broadly ed<>:ed with rufous browu; sides of body, clear olive 

 brown ; middle of bellv. whitisli. 



Swamp Sparrow. 



Melospiza gcorgiana. 



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Bill, black or dark brown; back, streaked with 

 black ; rump, slate gray ; adult birds have the 

 crown rufous. 



Chipping Sparrow. 



Spizella sociaUs. 

 See No. 425. 



Bill, reddish brown; crown and back, rufous 

 brown; back, streaked with black; rump, pale 

 grayish brown. 



Field Sparrow. 



Spizella ptisilhi . 

 See No. 428. 



Bill, pale brown (not reddish browu) ; underparts, 

 dull white (not grayish on sides as in socialis) ; 

 crown and back, pale grayish brown, streaked 

 with black ; rump, grayish brown (not slate gray 

 as in socialis). 



Clay-colored Sparrow. 



Spizella pallida. 

 See No. 426. 



