FAMILY FKINGILLIUiE. 



SPARROWS, FINCHES, CROSSBILLS, ETC 



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Top aud sides of the head, black; ear coverts and 

 superciliary stripe, white ; back, streaked ; un- 

 derparts, buff ; hind toe nail, long. 



Smith's Longspur. 



Calcarius pktns. 

 See No. 40.5. 



Top of head, black ; wing coverts, heavily marked 

 with chestnut; throat and belly, white; a 



large patch of l)Iaok on the breast; most of 

 the tail feathers, white, tipped witli darli brown. 



McCown's Longspur. 



Ilhyiu-hophanes mccownii. 

 See No. 407. 



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Crown, chestnut, with stripe of white in centre (male), or dull olive, streaked 

 with blackish (fem.ale) ; back, streaked; underparts, white (pale brownish olive 

 on sides of bodj') ; a sliort streak of dark brown or black on each side of white 

 throat ; tail feathers, tipped with white. 



Larlt Sparrow. 

 Larlt Finch. 

 Chondfstes grammacus. 

 See No. 420. 



