372 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 
d@. Crown mixed grayish brown and rufous, ashy, or slate-color, 
without black streaks. 
d@, Wing 2°50; bill brownish flesh-color; back rufous, streaked 
with black . . 563. Fretp Sparrow. 
d4, Wing 3°00; center of crown “grayish brown, bordered by 
chestnut-rufous; back grayish brown, spotted with olive- 
bro . 554. WHITE-cROWNED SPARROW. 
d5, Cooea slate-color; wa ‘chestnut patch behind the eye; throat 
black . ENGLISH SPARROW ¢. 
da, Crown entirely ‘dull brown; lesser wing-coverts broadly 
tipped with buffy. . ... . ENGLISH SPARROW 9. 
IM. Underparts without red and with esnigs 
1. Tail-feathers without white or yellow spots or patches. 
A. Outer tail-feathers little if any shorter than the middle pair. 
a. Head of the same general color as the back. 
a', No yellow over the eye or on the bend of the wing or under 
wing-coverts. 
a. Rump yellowish or yellowish ae mandibles crossed. 
a, Wing-coverts tipped with white. 
522. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL 9. 
a‘. Wing-coverts not tipped with white. 
521. RED CROSSBILL 9. 
b?. Rump brownish or sandy or rufous; mandibles not crossed. 
b3. Back pale brownish ashy, streaked with brownish; a whitish 
streak over the eye; legs flesh-color; first primary as long as 
or longer than the second . . 541, Ipswich SpaRRow. 
bt. Back and most of underparts streaked with black and red- 
dish brown; upper and under tail-coverts streaked; first 
primary shorter than second; outer tail-feathers shorter 
than middle ones. . . 581. Sona Sparrow. 
b5. Back distinctly streaked; ‘a cream-buff band across the 
breast. . . 583. Lincotn’s SpaRRow. 
bs. Back grayish brown, the feathers with or without distinct 
streaks; first primary nearly as long as or longer than 
second; outer tail-feathers longer than middle pair; legs 
and feet blackish; with bristly feathers over the nostrils. 
517. Purpte FINcH 9. 
b’, Back without streaks; no bristly feathers over the nostrils. 
598. Inpicgo BUNTING 9. 
b8. Upper tail-feathers and tail bright reddish brown, with- 
out black streaks; rump brighter; wing about 3°50. 
585. Fox Sparrow. 
b®, Cheeks buffy, bill pinkish; air with a band of black- 
ish blotches . . 553. Hannis’s Sparrow Im. 
bt, A yellow mark before the eye, ‘or on the bend of the wing, or 
under wing-coverts yellow. 
2, Wing about 4°00; under wing-coverts deep yellow. 
595. RosE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 9°. 
b3. Wing generally under 2°90; feathers of the crown black, 
bordered by chestnut-brown; a orl line through the center 
of crown . 542a. SavANNAH SPARROW. 
b4. Wing generally over 2: 90; feathers of crown with small black 
ee bordered with cinnamon-brown and pale brownish 
541. Ipswich Sparrow. 
bs, Wing about 3° 00; breast washed with yellow. 
604. DickcissEL. 
b8. Wing about 3°00; sides brownish; throat white, quite different 
from the grayish breast. 
558, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 
