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Bill, large; depth of bill at base, 

 about equal to length of culmen ; crown 

 and back, brownish olive, streaked with 

 blackish; throat, streaked dark olive 

 brown, not black; middle tail feathers, 

 shorter than outer feathers. 



Carpodacus purpureus (female ) . 

 Purple Finch. 

 See No. 236. 



Outer tail feathers, decidedly shorter 

 than middle ones; crown, dull rufous 

 brown, streaked with black and show- 

 ing a grayish stripe in the center; 

 under parts, white; the breast, heavily 

 streaked with black; carpal joint, not 

 edged with yellow; outer tail feathers, 

 not half white (the breast and sides, 

 often faintly tinged with tawny and 

 black striping on breast, often mixed 

 with moreor less rufous brown) ; back, streaked. Melospiza melodia. 



Song Sparrow. 

 See No. 267. 





Vesper Sparrow. 



Shoulder (lesser wing coverts), rufous brown; at least half of 

 outer tail feathers, white ; back, streaked. Pocecetes gramineus. 



Vesper Sparrow. 



See No. 248. 



