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KEV TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMEKICA. 



FAMILY FRINQILLID^. 



Sparrows, Finches, Crossbills, etc. 



First primary, not short, never less than two thirds as long as second 

 or third ; bill, stout and conical ; nostrils, high, near the culmen ; pri- 

 maries, 9; tarsus, flattened behind. 



Group 1, Wing, 1.75 to 2.13 inches long. 



^^^^ Top of head, blackish, with tawny stripe in middle, 



^^'^ and tawuy stripe over eaeh eye. 



Leconte's Sparrow. 



Ammodramus leconteii. 

 See Kg. 413. 



Ainniotl anius lecDntcii. 



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Ammodramus cauitacutue. 



(Coturnlculus) henslowi. 



