FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. £75 



c«. Center of crown white; the sides black; wing-bars white. 



554. White-crowned Spaekow. 



tfi. Crown grayish ; mandibles crossed . 521. Am. Ceossbill. 



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. Field Spaeeow. 



dK Wing 3-00; center of crown grayish brown, bordered by- 

 chestnut - rufous ; back grayish brown, spotted with olive- 

 brown 554. White-ceowked Spaeeow. 



d'. Crown slate-color ; a chestnut patch behind the eye ; throat 



black P. 282. English Spaeeow 6 . 



rf'. Crown entirely dull brown; lesser wing-coverts broadly 

 tipped with buffy . . . . P. 282. English Spaeeow 9 . 

 m. Under parts -without red and with numerous streaks. 

 1. Tail-feathers without white or yellow spots or patches, the outer ones 

 little if any shorter than the middle pair. 



A. Head of about the same color as the back ; no yellow over tlie eye, or 

 on the bend of the wing, or under wing-coverts. 



a. Kump yellowish or yellowish green ; mandibles crossed, 

 a'. Wing-coverts tipped with white. 



522. White-winged Ceossbill 9 . 

 a'. Wing-coverts not tipped with white . . 521. Am. Ceossbill 9 . 



b. Mandibles not crossed ; rump browij or brownish or sandy like the 

 back ; wing under 3'25. 



b'. Back pale brownish ashy, streaked with brownish ; a whitish 

 .streak over the eye ; legs flesh-color ; first primary as long or longer 

 than the second 541. Ipswich Spaeeow. 



b'. Back and most of under parts streaked with black and reddish 

 brown ; upper and under tail-coverts streaked ; first primary shorter 

 than second ; outer tail-feathei's shorter than middle ones. 



681. Song Spaeeow. 



b'. Back distinctly streaked ; a cream-buff band across the breast. 



583. Lincoln's Finch. 



b*. Back grayish brown, the feathers with or without distinct 

 streaks; first primaries nearly as long or longer than second; 

 outer tail-feathers longer than middle pair; legs and feet black- 

 ish ; with bristly feathers over the nostrils. 



517. PUEPLE FiNOH 9 . 



b'. Back without streaks ; no bristly feathers over the nostrils. 



598. Indigo Bunting 9 . 

 0. Mandibles not crossed ; upper tail-feathers and tail bright reddish 

 brown, without black streaks ; rump brighter ; wing about 3-50. 



585. Fox Spaeeow. 

 £. Head of about the same color as the back ; a yellow mark before the 

 eye, or on the bend of the wing, or under wing-coverts. 

 a. Wing about 4'00 ; under wing-ooverts deep yellow. 



595. EOSE-BEEASTED GeOSBE.\K 9 . 



