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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Throat, smoky gfuy; belly, white; back and 

 rump, grayish brown; bill, pale; outer tail 

 feather, entirely white. 



Snow Bird. 

 Junco. 



Junco hyemalis. 

 See No. 430. 



Part 3. The following species have no red, blue, green, or yellow, on 

 the underparts ; throat or chin, not black ; and the breast or sides, not 

 distinctly streaked; tail feathers, marked with more or less white: — 



Throat, grayish brown ; sides of body, deep rufous brown ; back, not 

 streaked ; boUy, white ; bill, black. 



Towhee. 

 Towhee Bunting. 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 

 See No. 440. 



Throat, gray ; belly, white ; back and rump, 

 grayish brown ; back, not streaked. 



Snow Bird. 

 Junco. 



Junco hijemalis, and races. 

 See No. 430. 



