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b. Wing generally under 2'90 ; feathers of the crown black, bordered 

 by chestnut- brown ; a buffy line through the center of crown. 



542a. Savanna Sparrow. 



c. Wing generally over 2'90 ; feathers of crown with small black cen- 

 ters bordered with cinnamon-brown and pale brownish gray. 



541. Ipswich Sparrow. 



d. Wing about 3-00 ; breast washed with yellow . . 604 Diokoissel. 



e. Wing about 3'00 ; sides brownish ; throat white, quite different from 

 the grayish breast 558. White-throated Sparrow. 



C. A bright red crown-cap; no yellow before the eye or on the bend of 

 the wing. 

 u. Eump and flanks always heavily streaked with blackish. 



528. Redpoll and races. 

 i. Eump white, generally without streaks; flanks lightly streaked; 

 more or less white in the feathcre of the back. 



527. Greenland Eedpoll, 527a. Hoary Kedpoll. 



2. Tail-feathers without white or yellow patches, narrow and generally 

 sharply pointed, the outer feathers always much shorter tlian the middle 

 pair. 



A. Crown of a different color from the back, or a buffy line over the eye. 



a. Center of crown with a more or less distinct brownish or buffy line. 



a'. Nape dull, pale olive-green, of the same color as the line over the 



eye, but finely streaked with black ; back rufous-brown, streaked 



with black 547. Henslow's Sparrow. 



a\ Nape bright rufous-brown, the feathei-s bordered by gray; the 

 feathers of the back black, bordered by buffy whitish. 



548. Leoonte's Sparrow. 

 S. Center of crown with a more or less distinct stripe of ashy blue. 

 Ji. Breast and sides distinctly streaked with black or blackish. 



549. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 V>. Breast and sides buffy or brownish, the former generally without 

 distinct black streaks . 549a. Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 5495. Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 

 S. Crown of the same color as the back ; no buffy line over the eye. 

 14. A yellow spot before the eye and on the bend of wing, 

 o'. Upper parts very dark brown or black ; the feathers edged with 

 olive-gray or ashy, breast generally with black streaks. (Florida.) 

 550a. Scott's Seaside Sparrow. 551. Duskt Seaside Sparrow. 

 a". Back olive-gray ; breast with grayish l>rown streaks. 



550. Seaside Sparrow. 

 J. No yellow before the eye ; bend of the wing yellow. 



575. Pine-woods Sparrow. 575a. Bachman's Sparrow. 

 c. No yellow before the eye or on the bend of the wing. 

 C. A broad cream-bufl' band across the breast. 



583. Lincoln's Sparrow. 



A No cream-buff band on the breast; streaks on the breast tending 



to form a spot in its middle ■ . 581. Sons Sparrow. 



3. Tail with white patches or base of tail yellow. 



