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a. Bill tapering rapidly to the acute tip; nostrils concealed by small 

 antrorse feathers; (plumage streaked above and below). 



PASSEBELnA, 489. 

 itu. Bill tapering gradually toward the rather obtuse tip; nostrils ex- 

 posed ; (plumage not streaked) PiPILO, 490. 



it. Hiod claw scarcely longer than its toe. 



V. Tertials very long, longer than secondaries, not much shorter than 

 longest primaries ; (a white wing patch). . Calamospiza, 496. 

 TV, Tertials scarcely or not longer than secondaries, not nearly reach- 

 ing tips of longest primaries. 

 w, (Outer tail feather largely white; plumage not streaked.) 



JuNCO, 486. 

 WW. (Outer tail feather not white.) 

 X. Lower mandible much deeper than upper; ((f with blue or 



green) Ctanospiza, 494. 



sex. Lower mandible not deeper than upper; (plumage streaky 



above ; no blue) ; wings not much longer than tail. 



y. Tail more or less forked ; its middle feathers shortest ; (no 



yellow; plumage not streaked below). . Sfizella, 485. 



yy. Tail rounded (or slightly double-rounded). 



2. Primaries exceeding secondaries by more than length of 



bill; (head in adult striped; in young chestnut; plumage 



not streaked below) Zonotrichia, 484. 



zz. Primaries exceeding secondaries by not more than length 

 of bill. 

 a. (Edge of wing yellow; plumage not streaked below.) 



Peuc^ea, 487. 



aa. (No yellow anywhere ; plumage streaked below, or else 



with the crown chestnut.) . . . Melospiza, 488. 



471. COCCOTHRAUSTES Brisson. (kokkos, herry ; 6pava, 



to crush.) 



a. Tips of four inner primaries of normal form, not widened at end. (Uesperi- 

 phona Bonap.). 



892. C. vespertinus (Cooper). Evening Grosbeak. Olivar 

 ceous ; crown, wings, tail and tibia black ; forehead, rump, and 

 crissum yellow ; inner secondaries and coverts white ; bill very 

 large, yellowish ; 9 gi'^'jer, with little yellow. L. 8. W. 4^. 

 T. 2^. W. N. Am., irregularly E. to Ohio or beyond, one of the 

 most striking of the finches. (Lat., of sunset.) 



472. PINICOLA Vieillot. (Lat. pinus, pine ; colo, I inhabit.) 



893. P. enucleator (L.). Pine Grosbeak. <J chiefly rose 

 red; changing to ashy below and behind; wings dusky, with two 

 white wing bars ; 9 ashy gray, with brownish yellow on head and 

 rump ; bill blackish. L. 8^. W. 4^. T. 4. Northern regions, 

 S. in winter to Va., in pine woods, etc. (Eu.) The American 

 bird (var. canadensis Cabanis) is larger and more brightly colored. 

 (Lat., one who shells nuts.) 



