FAMILY FRlNGILLIDiE. SPARUOWS, FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, l-.TC. 237 



Crown and back, brown without streaks; underparts, pale butf l)rown, faintlj- 

 streaked on breast and sides. 



Indigo Bunting. 



Passerina cyanea (female). 

 See No. 446. 



Part 4. The following species have the underparts not marked with red, 

 blue, yellow, or green, and the breast not distinctly streaked, but have the 

 carpal joint (bend of wing), edged with yellow : — 



Crown, black, with pale tawny buff stripe on middle; ear coverts, tawny buff; 

 middle back, blackish ; feathers, edged with buff; tail feathers, very pointed ; 

 tail, less tlian 2.2.5 long. 



Grasshopper Sparrow. 

 Yellow=winged Sparrow. 

 AmiiwdramnH saixi.nnanim passerinus. 

 SeeXo. 411. 





Crown, grayish, without tawny stripe in 

 middle; ear coverts, gray; back, olive and 

 gray; a distinct superciliary stripe of buff or 

 yellowish. 



Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 Ammndramus caudacutus, and races. 

 See No. 414. 



Crown and back, rufous brown, the feathers, 

 more or less marked with black, and edged 

 with gray; not tawny stripe on middle of 

 crown ; tail feathers, not pointed ; tail, over 

 2.2.5 long. 



Pine=woods Sparrow. 

 Penccca CEStivalis, and races 

 See No. 434. 



