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Crown, brown, like back; throat and underparts, pale brown; whitish ou 



belly ; breast, usually with indistinct streaks ; back, brown, without streaks. 



Indigo Bird. 

 Indigo Bunting. 



Passmna eyanea {female). 

 See No. 446. 



Crown, black, with white stripe in centre; stripe over eye, white; usually 

 more or less yellow iu front ot eye; throat, white; breast, s^rayish; carpal 

 joint (bend of wing), pale yellow ; back, streaked. 



White-throated Sparrow. 



Znnotrichia alhkolUs. 

 See No. 423. 



(_'ro\vu, black, with white stripe iu centre; no distinct white patch on throat; 



carpal joint (bend of win;;), not yellow; back, streaked. 



White-crowned Sparrow 



Zonotrichia leucophrys- 



See No. 422. 



Crown, brown, with grayish brown centre ; nape, gray ; bill, reddish brown; 



back, streaked,- wing coverts, tipped with white. 



White-crowned Sparrow. 



Zonotrichia leucophrys (immature.] 



See No. 422. 



Crown, light chestnut brown (streaked with l)lack iu young birds); rump, 

 slaty gray; bill, black; l)ack, streaked. Young birds iu fall have the bill 



brownish. ^. . . ^ 



Chipping 3parrow 



Spizella socialis. 



See No. 425. 



Crown, rufous brown; rump, pale olive brown; upper mandible, black; 

 under mandible, pale, with dark tip ; back, streaked. 



Tree Sparrow. 



Spizella monticola. 

 See No. 424. 



