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PINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



and Finches are more arboreal. Many species take high rank as song- 

 sters, and some of our favorite cage-birds belong to this family. 



KY TO TIIK ai'EOlES. 



I. Under parts with red. 

 II. Under purts< with no red and without distinct streaks; throat or breast 



sometimes with a patch or spot. 

 III. Urdcr parts witliout red and with numerous streaks. 



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I. Under parts with red. 



A. Wiujr-co verts plainly tipped with white or whitish, or with a white 

 or yellow band in the wing, 



a. No red in the upper parts. 



tt'. Jiack black, rump whitish, throat black, breast and under winjsr- 

 coverts rosy red . . . S'Jo. Kose-bheasted Gkosbeak ( S ad.). 



a'. Back and under parts streaked with black ; under wing-coverts 

 rosy red 595. Ko.'^k-ukeastei) Grosbeak ( <J im.). 



b. Red on upper parts confined to crown or forehead, and sometimes a 



tinge on the rump ; wing under 3'25. 

 6». Kunip and flanks generally without blackish streaks; feathers 

 of back generally witli wintish borders. 



527. Greenland Kehpoll. 627rt. IIoary Redpoll. 

 6". Rump and flanks always streaked ; fcatiiers of back with little 

 if any white and generally witli brownish borders. 



528. Redi'oll and races. 

 68. Back cinnamon-brown, unstreaked ; crown, nape, and sides of 

 the neck black; a yellow band in the wing. 



EriJOPEAN Goldfinch. 

 ft Red or pink spread more or less over entire upper parts; wing over 

 8-25. 

 c>. Tips of mandibles crossed. 



522. WiiiTE-wiNOED Crossbill ( S ad.), 

 c'. Bill stout; mandibles not crossed . 515. Pine Grosbeak ( 3 ad.). 



B. Wing-coverts not tijiped with white. 



a. Tliroat black or blackish ; wings and tail red ; botly red or olive. 



593. Cardinal. 



b. Throat and more or less of under parts red or greenish red. 



J«. Plumage blood-red, brownish red, or greenish red; tips of the 



mandibles crossed 521. Am. Crossbill S. 



6". Plumage (lull reddish ; belly whitish ; back indistinctly streaked, 

 with bristly feathc* over the nostrils. 



517. Purple Finch ( $ ad.). 

 b*. Head blue; back green; rump red. 



(jOl. Painted Bintino ( $ ad.). 

 H. Under parts with no red and without distinct streaks ; 

 throat or breast sometimes with a patch or spot* 

 1. Tail with white spots, bars, or patches. 

 A. Back plain, without streaks. 



