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h. Winj^ generally under 2*00; fetvUiirs of the crown black, bordered 

 by chestnut- browa; a butty line through the center of crown. 



542a. Savanna Sparrow. 



c. Winjsf f,'cncrnlly over 2'90; feathers of crown with winall black cen- 

 ters bordered with cinnamon-brown and pale brownish gray. 



541. Ipswich Sparrow. 



d. Wing about 3-00; breast washed with yellow . . (504 Dickcissel. 



e. Wing about 300 ; sides brownish ; throat white, quite ditferent from 

 the gravish lireast 558. White-turoatek Sparrow. 



C. A bright red crown-cap; no yellow before the eye or on the bend of 

 tlic wing. 



a. Kunip and flanks always heavily streaked with blackish. 



528. Kedpoll and races, 



b. Rump white, generally without streaks ; flanks lightly streaked ; 

 more or less white in the feathei-s of the back. 



527. (treenlani) Kedpoi.l. 527a. IIoahy Kedpoll. 



2. Tail-feathers without white or yellow patches, narrow and generally 

 Bhari)ly pointed, the outer feathers ulwaya much shorter than the middle 

 pair. 



A. Crown of a diflferent color from the back, or a buffy line over the eye. 



a. Center of crown with a more or less distinct brownish or bufl'y line. 

 «•. Nape dull, pale olive-green, of the same color as the line over tlio 



eye, but flnely streaked with black ; back rufous-brown, streaked 



with black 547. IIensi.ow's Sparrow. 



a'. Nape bright rufous-brown, the feathers bordered by gray ; the 

 feathers of the back black, bordered by butfy whitish. 



548. Leconte's Sparrow. 



b. Center of crown with a more or less distinct stripe of ashy blue. 

 &!. lireast and sides distinctly streaked with black or blackish. 



54'J. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



J*. Breast and sides buffy or brownish, the former generally without 



distinct black streaks . 549a. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



5496. Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



B. Crown of the same color as the back ; no buffy line over the eye. 



a. A yellow spot before the eye and on the bend of wing. 



a*. Upper parts very dark brown or black ; the feathers edged with 

 olive-gray or ashy, breast generally with black streaks. (Florida.) 

 550a. Scott's Seaside Sparijow. 551. Dt skv Seaside Sparrow. 

 a'. Back olive-gray ; breast with grayish brown streaks. 



550. Seaside Sparrow. 



b. No yellow before the eye; bend of the wing yellow. 



575. PiNE-wooDs Sparrow. 575a. Bachman's Sparrow. 



c. No yellow before the eye or on the bend of the wing. 

 <■'. A broad cream- buff band across the breiust. 



583. Lincoln's Sparrow. 



d*. No cream-buff band en the brca.st; streaks on the breiust tending 



to form a spot in its middle 581. Sonu Si* arrow. 



3. Tail with white patches or base of tail yellow. 



