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Under parts, white; Ijix-asL, iisualiy more or h-ss linj^cd vvilli pak: 

 Itrowii in wintt'i"; j^rt-atcr ])art of outer tail fcatlu-rs, white; back 

 and crown, rusty brown, a large part of I he wings white, very eon- 

 si)ieuous when flying. Plcdrophoiax nivalis. 



Snowfiake. Snow Bunting. 

 See N(J. 244. 

 Head, chocolate brown; ri'sl of plumage, greenish black (male); 

 general plumage, gray, palest on the throat; no white on wing coverts; 

 crown and rumj-), like back (female). (This species belongs in 

 Section 10, under Family Icteridae, but might be looked for under 

 this family by mistake.) Molothrus ater. 



Cowbird. 

 See No. 224. 



Family TANGARID^.. Tanagers. 



Bill, somewhat fringilline, but having a small 



"tooth" near the middle of the edge of upper mandible; 



^ primaries, 9 ; tarsus, scutellate ; males, bright colored. 



GROUP 1. Wing, 3.25 to 4.25 inches long. 



PART 1. The following species have more or less of either red, blue, 

 yellow, or green on the under parts: — 



Louisiana Tanagcr. 



