278 FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 



reddish ; haunts orchards and wooded growths ; song a liquid warble ; 

 call-note a metallic chin.!:, frequently uttered while on the wing. 



517. PuEPLE Finch. 



D. Length about G-00 ; plumage dull blood-red ; mandibles crossed at 



the tips; generally found in small flocks in coniferous woods; utters 



a clicking or whistled note when on the wing (rarely found south of 



New England after May 1) 521. Red Ceossbill. 



H. Breaiit white, tinged with brown ; region about the bill red, a yellow 

 band in the wings (rare except in the vicinity of New York city). 



Edeopean Goldfinch. 

 IT. Breast 'without either yello'w, red, or blue. 



1. Under parts distinctly streaked or spotted. 



A. Outer tail-feathers white, showing conspicuously when the bird 

 flies ; haunts dry fields and roadsides ; song loud and inusioal. 



540. Vespee Spaeeow. 

 .B. Outer tail-feathers not white. 



a. Song loud and musical : an abundant and familiar bird of gen- 

 eral distribution ; spots on the breast tending to form one larger 

 spot in the centei'; crown umber, a whitish line over the eye. 



581. SoNe Spaeeow. 



b. Song not loud and musical; short and generally unattractive; 

 haunts wet meadows or marshes ; passes most of the time on the 

 ground, rarely perching far from it, and when flushed generally 

 returning to it. 



i'. A buffy line over the eye and at the side of the throat, breast 

 generally washed with bufly ; haunts only salt marshes (rarely 

 found far from the vicinity of the seashore.) 



549. Shaep-tailed Spaeeow. 

 b'. No buff on the sides of the head or breast ; upper parts black- 

 ish ; song tstp-t8^-tsip^se-e-e-s''r-r-r ; rarely breeds south of 

 New York city ; haunts both salt- and 'fresh-water marshes. 



642a. Savanna Spaeeow. 

 b'. Back reddish, head and neck buffy olive ; haunts generally 

 wet pastures ; song an inconspicuous see-wick (rather rai'e, liv- 

 ing in small colonies of local distribution). 



547. Henslow's Spaeeow. 



2. Dnder parts not distinctly streaked or spotted. 



A. Throat pure white, sharply defined from the grayish breast, a 

 yellow spot over the eye; crown black, with a central stripe of 

 white; haunts thickets or bushy woodlands; song a high, clear, 

 musical whistle ; call-note a sharp cMnh. 



558. White-theoated Spaeeow. 

 S. Throat and breast black. 



u. Sides of the throat and belly yhite, crown ash, sides of the 



head chestnut P. 282. House Spaeeow. 



b. Length 8-00 ; sides of the body light rufous, outer tail-feathers 

 tipped with white ; haunts thickets and bushy woodlands ; call- 

 note a vigorous towhee or chee-winh 587. Towhee. 



