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b4. Back and underparts slaty gray; bill black. 
515. Pins Grosseak (¢ and im.). 
bd’. Forehead, rump, underparts, and scapulars yellow or 
brownish yellow; eeciciaas” white; bill yellow. 
514, Eveninc Grospeax ee 
c?. Mandibles crossed. 
c, Wing-bars white . . 522, WuHITE-wINGED CROSSBILL. 
c!, Without white wing-bars . . . 521. Am. CrossBILu. 
c!. Back brown or brownish, ashy, or slate-color. 
c?, Head and rump yellowish or reddish; wing-bars white; wing 
over400 ... . 515. PIng ‘GROSBEAK (9 and im.). 
c3. Underparts brownish cream-buff; wing-coverts with broad 
chestnut tips; wing over 3°00 . . 597. BLuE GrosBEAK 9. 
c!, Underparts whitish: wing without yellow and under 3:00. 
598. Inpico BuntTING 9. 
c’. Back ashy; spot before the eye and on bend of wing yellow. 
550. SzasipE SPARROW. 
B. Back distinctly streaked. 
a. Bend of the wing yellow. 
a, Tail over 2°20. 
a. A white throat-patch; bey gray; a yellowish line over 
the eye 558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 
a, A black spot on the throat; breast yellow, ee both. 
604. DickcissEL. 
a4,j No yellow over the eye; breast ashy or buffy; outer tail- 
feathers much the shortest. 
575. Ping-woops Sparrow. 575a. BacHMAN’s Bouniewe 
b1. Tail under 2°20, the feathers narrow and sharply pointed. 
b2. Crown olive-brown, a blue-gray line through its center; 
cheeks and breast: ochraceous-buff. 
549a. Netson’s Sparrow. 
b3, Crown blackish, a cream-buff ine through its center. 
546. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. 
6. Bend of the wing not yellow. 
b', Crown bright reddish brown, the feathers sometimes tipped 
with ashy or brownish, but without black streaks. 
6% No white or whitish wing-bars; outer tail-feathers much 
shorter than middle one; lesser wing-coverts, upper tail- 
coverts, and margins ras ‘most es the tail-feathers rufous; 
wing under 2°50 . . 584. Swamp Sparrow. 
63, Cheeks and throat waheeea a narrow reddish brown line from 
back of the eye to the nape, an inion, black spot in the 
center of the breast . Tren SPARROW. 
64, Eye-ring whitish, entire bill brownish fe cae 
563. Firtp Sparrow. 
bo’. Rump slaty gray; underparts generally:all grayish white; 
forehead black, with a narrow grayish line in its middle, a 
narrow black line from back of the eye to the nape. 
560. Curprine SPARROW. 
cl. Crown not bright reddish brown. 
ce. Crown streaked or spotted with black or black and white. 
ec. Crown with chestnut streaks, and sometimes a slight 
ashy line through its center; no white or whitish wing- 
bars; outer tail-feathers sa shorter than middle ones. 
584. Swamp Sparrow (Im.). 
ce’, Crown with reddish brown; rump ashy; wing-bars buffy; 
middle tail-feathers shortest. 560. Caippinc SPARROW(Im.). 
c, Center of crown white; the sides black; wing-bars white. 
554. WHITE-CROWNED SPaRRow. 
ce’, Crown grayish; mandibles crossed . 521. Am. CrossBILL. 
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