KEY TO THE GENEKA. 67 



(h^) Conspicuously sirea/retZ below; crowu plain, or -with 2 black stripes, Skiurus 36 



Ch=') No streaks below; b. at least I iucb long; 4 black stripes on head, or none, . . . Helmitiierus 33 



— not ^ inch long; "Wg.^- 2^ in.; crown plain or witb black, . . . Oporornis 37 



— <2i in.; crown plain, or ATith bright spot, Helminthophaga 34 



(hP) Rictal bristles not evident; b. at least ^ inch long; whole hd. andneck rich yellow, Protoxotaria 32 



bill <,^ in. long; whole head andneck not yellow, Helmintiiophaga 31 



(li'^} E.ict:il bristles evident; hind too much>-it3 claw. Length under 5 inclies, Parula 31 



— little if any longer than its claw, • DexdroeC'A 35 



(i) Length less than 5 in., wing and tail 2 in. or less, tail feathers acute, Spermophila 82 



(i) Hind claw slightly curved, twice as long as middle claw, Plecxkophanes 03 



(i) Feathers of crown bristle-tipped. Streaked : below yellow, with black breast patch, . . Stcrxella 01 



(i) Longest secondary nearly = primary in closed wgs. BlacJc, with white wing patch, . Caea:\iospiza 78 



(i) Cunspicuously crested. Red the prevailing color. Bill reddish, face black, Cardinalis 84 



— not reddish, face not black, . Pyrrhuloxia 83 



(i) Tail-feathers acute. Black, nape buff, cf ; or streaked yell'sh-brn., $ ; wg.>3 inches, . Dolichontx 87 



— Small streaked marsh-sparrows, wg. <3 inches, its edge yell., . Ajimodroiius C8 

 (i) Colors 5free7u's?i and white, "With yell, on edge of wing; —rufous head-stripes, .... Emberxagra 86 



— crown chestnut, breast ashy ") 



(i) Length about 8 in.; tl.:=^iDgs. Plain brown, &c., or black, white ond chestnut, }■ . . Pipilo 85 

 (i) Inner claw reaching at least \ way to tip of 3cl. Black, white and chestnut, J 



— Blk. (or brn.) hd. 7/e;Z-3u?; >-SloDg, Xaxthocephalus 90 



— Spotted and streaked ; < 8 long, . . . Passerella 77 

 (i) Birds with none of the foregoing combinations of chars. — Bill with a ruff of antrorse bristly feathers, (k) 



— Bill without rvff; nostrils exposed. (1) 



(k) Length— 8 or more, ii'ef?, or gray with brownish yellow on head and rump, PixicoLA 50 



— under 8. White,^Y\\^l blk. on wgs. and tl.; or washed with clear brown, . Plectrophaxes 03 



— Bluish-gray, below reddish-gray, crown, face, wgs. & tl., blk. . . Pyrrhula 57 



— Reddish-brown, blk. -streaked, crown ashy, throat blk. Imported, . Passer 70 



— Unstreaked, chocolate-brown, rosy-tinted, hd. with blk. and ash, Leucosticte 60 



— .Sirert/trerf; no yell., ero^vu crimson, face and throat c/«sZ:y, . . . AEGiOxnus 61 



— Strealced .■ no yell. ; no red ; or else crown, and throat too, red, . Carpodacus 58 



— Streaked or Tioi.- with some yellow, but no red, Ciirysosiiteis 02 



(1) Species at least over 7 inches long, (m) 



(1) Species at most not over 7 inches long; plumage nowhere decidedly spotted or streaked, (n) 



— somewhere or everywhere spotted or streaked, (o) 



r with head and neck rich 6?'ow?i, Molothkus 88 



(m) Bill je^?^^ac/.;,■ plumage glossy blk., | with head, ueck and breast yd^ow, .... Saxthocei^ievlus 90 



\ with head black, bend of wing red^ Agel^eus 89 



with 7io red or yell.; tail rounded,< wg., . . Scolecophagus 93 



I — graduated, = or >wg., . . . QmscAEUS 94 



(m) Bill dark horn-blue, very acute; plumage black, with orange, yellow, or white^ ) t 09 



—plain olivaceous, yellowish below, $, ^ 



— obtuse; plumage blk., white and brown, tl. with wht. spots, . . Goxtapiiea 80 

 (m) Bill greenish-yellow, as long as tarsus; wgs. black, many secondaries white, . . . Hesperiphona 55 

 Cm) Bill not bluish nor greenish ; tail with white spots ; under wg.-coverts rosy or yellow^ . Goxiaphea 80 



— notrosy or yell.; yg. of, . Pipilo 85 



tail plain ; entire plumage streaked. $ of Agel^us 89 



(n) Black and cbestnut, or orange, cf , or olive yellowish below, ? ; b. acute, horn blue, or brn., Icterus 92 



(n) Dusky grayish-brown, nearly uniform; bill blackish, obtuse. 9 *^f IIolothrus 88 



(n) Blackish, or ashy, belly and 1 to 3 outer tail feathers white; bill flesh color, Juxco 72 



(n) Throat and tail black, latter with white spots : head with 2 white striped, Poospiza 71 



fn) Blue, with or without red, purplish, &c. ; or greenish and yell. ; or plain brown ; <G long, Ctaxospiza 81 



(n) Blue, with chestnut on wings, j* ; or plain brown, 9 ; > 6 long Goxiaphea 80 



(o) "Wingsr^tail; dreasi more or less i/e^^o^y; throat patch, or maxillary streaks, black, .... Euspiza 79 



— not yell.; wg. <2.i inches, its edge ycUow; tail 2 in. or less, . . , Coturxiculus 67 



>2^in.,— without yell.; lesser wg.-cov. chestnut, . . Pooecetes 66 



M'ith yell, or not; longest sec.nearly=prim..PASSERCULUS 65 



— without yell.; longest sec. niuch<primaries, Cextroxtx 64 



(o) "VVings not > tail; tail forked. Lgth. 5 to 6 in., wg. or tl. 2^ to 3, trs. | to 3, Spizelea 73 



— graduated, tipped with wht. ; head striped with chestnut and wht., Ciioxbestes 75 



— litUe rounded, &?ac/:, outer feather pale edged Poospiza 71 



—not black. Streaked below or cro^m chestnut, . . JIelcspiza 69 



Not streaked below. Lgth. orniore, Zoxotrichia 74 



Length under 6 in., . Peuc^ea 70 



(ijUimage of ? plain brown) 



