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lli-ad ;iiul lliioiit, dull chocolate brown; rest of plumage, greCuisli ]»lack; no 

 wliite on wings or tail. (See Section 9, Fau)ily Icterid;e, where it belongs.) 



Cow Bird. 



Moloihrns atcr (niaie). 

 See No. 371. 



General plumage, brownisli gray ; no white on wing coverts or tail feathers. 



(This .species belongs in Family Ieteri<la', l)ut the bill is somewhat Finch-like 

 in appearance, and the bird might be looked for under this section.) 



Cow Bird. 



Molothrus atcr (fcmnle). 

 See No. 371. 



Head, with crest ; breast, grayish bufl or light tawny ; back, olive gray, without 

 streaks; ruiDj) ami upi)er surface of tail, not rufous brown. 



Cardinal. 



Canlinales cardinalis (female). 

 See No. 442. 



Crown, brown, with white stripe in middle; a Ijlack stripe on each side of 

 tliroat : underparts, soiled white; tail feathers, broadly tipped with white; rump 

 and upper surface of tail, not rufous l)rown. 



Lark Sparrow. 

 Lark Finch. 

 Chondestcs (jrammicus. 

 See No. 420. 



Rump and upper surface of tail feathers, rufous brown; underparts, white, 

 more or less sp<Hted or streaked with brown. 



Fox Sparrow. 



Passerclla iliaca. 

 See No. 430. 



Entire bead ami l)ack, l)rowu or black; belly, Avhite ; sides of body, bright, 

 rufous brown. 



Towhee Bunting. 



Pipilo erythrophtlKdmus. 

 See No. 440. 



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Underparts, white, often 

 tinged with liglit brown on 

 tlie l)reast; greater part of 

 outer tail feathers, white. 



Snow Bunting. 

 Snow Flake. 



Plrctrophcnax 7iivalis. 

 See No. 403. 



Snow Bunting. 



